Arterial waveform and central blood pressure: The complex links between large and small arteries

Artery Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 118-121

  Van Bortel, Luc M ^a   Vermeersch, Sebastian J ^a,b   Segers, Patrick ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Central pressure; Pulse wave velocity; Reflection sites; Wave reflection

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WAVE REFLECTION; ARTERY; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CENTRAL BLOOD PRESSURE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CIRCULATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SHORT SURVEY; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; WAVE SEPARATION ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 78649829468     PISSN: 18729312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.artres.2010.10.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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