Effect of ethnicity and growth on ratio-based transit time surrogate ankle-brachial index marker from a Chinese children's perception

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 369-375

  Foo, Jong Yong A ^a,b   Wilson, Stephen J ^c   Williams, Gordon R ^d   Harris, Margaret Anne ^d   Cooper, David M ^d  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d MATER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ankle brachial index; Blood pressure; Electrocardiogram; Peripheral arterial diseases; Photoplethysmography; Prolonged monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARM; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHINESE; DEVICE; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MONITOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PULSE OXIMETRY; PULSE TRANSIT TIME RATIO; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANKLE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 46449139006     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.63.3.1020315     Document Type: Article

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