Lack of Circadian Variation of Pulse Wave Velocity Measurements in Healthy Volunteers

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-22

  Drager, Luciano F ^a   Diegues Silva, Luzia ^a   Diniz, Patrícia M ^a   Lorenzi Filho, Geraldo ^b   Krieger, Eduardo M ^a   Bortolotto, Luiz A ^a  

^a Pulmonary Hypertension Unit   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CAROTID ARTERY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHOLESTEROL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TIME FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 78650975526     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2010.00381.x     Document Type: Article

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