Reproducibility of arterial stiffness indices in different vascular territories and between different observers

Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 448-456

  Simova, Iana ^a   Katova, Tzvetana ^a   Kostova, Velislava ^a   Hristova, Krasimira ^a   Dimitrov, Nikolay ^a  

^a National Cardiology Hospital   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

arterial stiffness; brachial artery; carotid artery; echo tracking; femoral artery; interobserver variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VISCOELASTICITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 79955004366     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2010.01365.x     Document Type: Article

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