Assessment of Vascular Function: Pulse Wave Velocity

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 219-220

  Alpert, Bruce S ^a   Collins, R Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE;

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33847271096     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.12.042     Document Type: Editorial

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