Carotid to femoral pulse wave velocity: A comparison of real travelled aortic path lengths determined by MRI and superficial measurements

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1577-1582

  Huybrechts, Sofie A M ^a   Devos, Daniel G ^b   Vermeersch, Sebastian J ^a,c   Mahieu, Dries ^a,c   Achten, Eric ^b   De Backer, Tine L M ^a   Segers, Patrick ^c   Van Bortel, Luc M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

aorta length; arterial stiffness; carotid artery; femoral artery; pulse wave velocity; travel distance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE;

EID: 79960603710     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e3283487841     Document Type: Article

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