Repeatability of the measurement of augmentation index in the clinical assessment of arterial stiffness using radial applanation tonometry

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 413-422

  Crilly, M ^a   Coch, C ^b   Clark, H ^c   Bruce, M ^c   Williams, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pulse wave analysis; Radial artery; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; TONOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PULSATILE FLOW; PULSE; RADIAL ARTERY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 34250162830     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365510601131946     Document Type: Article

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