Measurement of pulse wave velocity in children and young adults: A comparative study using three different devices

Hypertension Research

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1197-1202

  Kis, Eva ^a   Cseprekál, Orsolya ^a   Kerti, Andrea ^a   Salvi, Paolo ^b,c   Benetos, Athanase ^b   Tisler, Andras ^a   Szabó, Attila ^a   Tulassay, Tivadar ^a   Reusz, György S ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

applanation tonometry; arterial stiffness; children; oscillometry; pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSCILLOMETRY; PULSE WAVE; SCHOOL CHILD; TONOMETRY; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; OSCILLOMETRY; PULSATILE FLOW; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80655144793     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2011.103     Document Type: Article

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