Pulse wave velocity reference values in healthy adults aged 26-75 years

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 191-196

  Koivistoinen, Teemu ^a,b   Koobi T ^a,b   Jula, A ^c   Hutri kahonen N ^b   Raitakari, O T ^d   Majahalme, S ^e   Kukkonen harjula, K ^f   Lehtimaki T ^b   Reunanen, A ^c   Viikari, J ^d   Turjanmaa, V ^a,b   Nieminen, T ^a   Kahonen M ^a,b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e Appleton Heart Institute   (United States)

^f UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arterial compliance; Arterial stiffness; Doppler ultrasound; Haemodynamic parameters; Impedance cardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RADIOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC TIME INTERVAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 34247202684     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2007.00734.x     Document Type: Article

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