Central haemodynamics and clinical outcomes: Going beyond brachial blood pressure?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1819-1822

  Williams, Bryan ^a   Lacy, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE WAVE; RADIAL ARTERY; RISK; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS;

EID: 77955458289     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq125     Document Type: Editorial

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