Travel distance estimation for carotid femoral pulse wave velocity: Is the gold standard a real one?

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2491-

  Weber, Thomas ^a   Hametner, Bernhard ^b   Wassertheurer, Siegfried ^b  

^a Klinikum Wels Grieskirchen   (Austria)

^b AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AORTA BIFURCATION; AORTA VALVE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELASTICITY; FEMORAL ARTERY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STANDARDIZATION; THORACIC AORTA;

EID: 81355124043     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32834c5951     Document Type: Letter

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