Noninvasive measures of vascular health are reliable in preschool-aged children

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 512-517

  Currie, Katharine D ^a   Proudfoot, Nicole A ^a   Timmonsa, Brian W ^a   Macdonald, Maureen J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Carotid arteries; Child; Compliance; Preschool; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CHILD; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMA; MALE; MANOMETRY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; TUNICA MEDIA; EVALUATION STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLIANCE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MANOMETRY; OBSERVER VARIATION; ONTARIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 77958092569     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: 17155320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/H10-037     Document Type: Article

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