The assessment of carotid-femoral distance for aortic pulse wave velocity: Should it be estimated from body height?

Artery Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-23

  Filipovský, Jan ^a   Mayer Jr , Otto ^a   Dolejšová, Milena ^a   Seidlerová, Jitka ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aortic stiffness; Carotid femoral distance; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SMOKING;

EID: 77549084023     PISSN: 18729312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.artres.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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