Evaluating aortic stiffness through an arm cuff oscillometric device: Is validation against invasive measurements enough?

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2003-2006

  Parati, Gianfranco ^a,b   De Buyzere, Marc ^c  

^a ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIOGRAPHY; CUFF; DEVICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NOTE; OSCILLOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SENSOR; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 77957253217     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32833f0e93     Document Type: Note

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