Ambulatory arterial stiffness index: Reproducibility of different definitions

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-134

  Stergiou, George S ^a   Kollias, Anastasios ^a   Rarra, Vayia C ^a   Roussias, Leonidas G ^a  

^a SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ambulatory arterial stiffness index; Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Arterial stiffness; Blood pressure; Hypertension; Repeatability; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 75649085328     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2009.217     Document Type: Article

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