CAVI vs. pressure and stiffness gradients in the arterial tree

Hypertension Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 380-

  Tomiyama, Hirofumi ^a   Yamashina, Akira ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIO ANKLE VASCULAR INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INDEX; HUMAN; LETTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULSE WAVE;

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION;

EID: 77950465219     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2010.4     Document Type: Letter

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