Validity and repeatability of the Vicorder apparatus: A comparison with the SphygmoCor device

Hypertension Research

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1079-1085

  Hickson, Stacey S ^a   Butlin, Mark ^b   Broad, Jeremy ^a   Avolio, Alberto P ^b   Wilkinson, Ian B ^a   McEniery, Carmel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Pulse wave velocity; SphygmoCor; Vicorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PULSE WAVE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULSATILE FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 73849150936     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2009.154     Document Type: Article

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