Pulse wave velocity measurements are reproducible in multiple trained observers: A short report

Nephron - Clinical Practice

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Sigrist, M K ^a   Chiarelli, G ^a   Levin, A ^a   Romann, A ^a   Weber, C ^a  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arterial compliance; Pulse wave velocity; Reproducibility; Spygmocor; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PULSATILE FLOW; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952468078     PISSN: 16602110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314664     Document Type: Article

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