Ambulatory arterial stiffness index: Merits and limitations of a simple surrogate measure of arterial compliance

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 182-185

  Schillaci, Giuseppe ^a   Parati, Gianfranco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE;

EID: 38149131402     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e3282f52fb9     Document Type: Note

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