The role of pulse transit time as an index of arterial stiffness during exercise

Cardiovascular Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 92-97

  Kounalakis, S N ^a   Geladas, N D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Cardiac output; Steady state exercise; Systolic pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA VOLUME; PULSE TRANSIT TIME; STEADY STATE; SYSTOLE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VOLUNTEER; WORKLOAD;

ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PULSATILE FLOW; PULSE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349309338     PISSN: 15678822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10558-009-9081-4     Document Type: Article

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