The use of diameter distension waveforms as an alternative for tonometric pressure to assess carotid blood pressure

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 543-553

  Kips, Jan ^a,b   Vanmolkot, Floris ^c   Mahieu, Dries ^a   Vermeersch, Sebastian ^b   Fabry, Isabelle ^a   De Hoon, Jan ^c   Van Bortel, Luc ^a   Segers, Patrick ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Applanation tonometry; Blood pressure; Echo tracking; Large arteries; Non invasive assessment; Pulse pressure

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

ANATOMICAL LOCATIONS; APPLANATION TONOMETRY; ARTERY PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; ECHO-TRACKING; LARGE ARTERY; NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENTS; PULSE PRESSURE; WAVEFORMS;

NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77949825594     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/31/4/006     Document Type: Article

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