Comparability and reproducibility of the carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity measurements using a multi-element carotid tonometry sensor

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 699-703

  Ueda, I ^a   Tagawa, T ^a   Watanabe, S ^a   Yamakawa, K ^a   Yasu, T ^a   Ueda, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID TONOMETRY SENSOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PULSE WAVE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; PULSATILE FLOW; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52749090683     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2008.57     Document Type: Article

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