Arterial blood pressure measurement and pulse wave analysis-their role in enhancing cardiovascular assessment

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Avolio, Alberto P ^a   Butlin, Mark ^a   Walsh, Andrew ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Arterial pressure; Cardiovascular risk; Heart rate; Hypertension; Pulse pressure; Pulse wave; Pulse waveform; Sphygmomanometer

Indexed keywords

PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE; ARTERIAL PRESSURES; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HEART-RATE; HYPERTENSION; PRESSURE PULSE; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVEFORMS; PULSE-WAVE; SPHYGMOMANOMETER;

BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 75449092277     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/31/1/R01     Document Type: Review

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