Reference values for the augmentation index and pulse pressure in apparently healthy Korean subjects

Korean Circulation Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 165-171

  Chung, Jin Wook ^a   Lee, Young Soo ^a   Kim, Jeong Hyun ^a   Seong, Myung Jun ^a   Kim, So Yeon ^a   Lee, Jin Bae ^a   Ryu, Jae Kean ^a   Choi, Ji Yong ^a   Kim, Kee Sik ^a   Chang, Sung Gug ^a   Lee, Geon Ho ^a   Kim, Sung Hi ^a  

^a Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arteries; Pulse pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; KOREA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 77952118715     PISSN: 17385520     EISSN: 17385555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2010.40.4.165     Document Type: Article

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