Plethysmography without venous occlusion for measuring forearm blood flow: Comparison with venous occlusive method

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 296-303

  Chuah, Seong S ^a,b   Woolfson, Peter I ^a   Pullan, Brian R ^a   Lewis, Philip S ^a  

^a STEPPING HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood circulation; Brachial artery; Doppler ultrasound; Hyperaemia; Pulsatile flow; Pulse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RECORDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 5444258610     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2004.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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