Optical techniques in the assessment of peripheral arterial disease

Current Vascular Pharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-59

  Alnaeb, Mohamad E ^a   Alobaid, Nasser ^a   Seifalian, Alexander M ^b   Mikhailidis, Dimitri P ^a,c   Hamilton, George ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ankle brachial pressure index; Optics; Peripheral arterial disease; Plethysmograph and photoplethysmograph

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATENOLOL; DAFLON; ISRADIPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENTOXIFYLLINE;

ABSORPTION; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DISEASE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BLOOD VOLUME; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MONITORING; ELASTICITY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMPEDANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; INFRARED RADIATION; JAUNDICE; LEG ULCER; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PSORIASIS; PULSE OXIMETRY; PULSE WAVE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN DISEASE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VEIN DISEASE; ANIMAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34247153080     PISSN: 15701611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157016107779317242     Document Type: Review

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