A brief journey into the history of the arterial pulse

Cardiology Research and Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Zafari, A Maziar ^a,b   Ghasemzadeh, Nima ^a  

^a ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AYURVEDA; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINESE MEDICINE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE RATE; PULSE WAVE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY;

EID: 80053489876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20900597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4061/2011/164832     Document Type: Review

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