Noninvasive (input) impedance, pulse wave velocity, and wave reflection in healthy middle-aged men and women

Hypertension

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1248-1255

  Segers, Patrick ^a   Rietzschel, Ernst R ^b   De Buyzere, Marc L ^b   Vermeersch, Sebastian J ^a   De Bacquer, Dirk ^b   Van Bortel, Luc M ^b   De Backer, Guy ^b   Gillebert, Thierry C ^b   Verdonck, Pascal R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arteries; Biomechanics; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular physiology; Vascular capacitance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; AGING; AORTA; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CAROTID ARTERIES; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VASCULAR CAPACITANCE;

EID: 34249292321     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.106.085480     Document Type: Article

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