Comparison of echotracking and magnetic resonance assessment of abdominal aorta distensibility and relationships with pulse wave velocity

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1970-1976

  Giannattasio, Cristina ^a,b   Cesana, Francesca ^a   Maestroni, Silvia ^a   Salvioni, Alessandra ^a   Maloberti, Alessandro ^a   Nava, Stefano ^a   Cairo, Matteo ^a   Madotto, Fabiana ^a   Zerboni, Filippo ^a   Sironi, Sandro ^a   Grassi, Guido ^a   Mancia, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aorta; Arterial distensibility; Arterial stiffness; Magnetic resonance; Pulse wave velocity; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AORTA; AORTIC DIAMETER; AORTIC DISTENSIBILITY; ARTERIAL DISTENSIBILITY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ECHO-TRACKING; ECONOMIC COSTS; GOLD STANDARDS; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE VELOCITY;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RESONANCE; STIFFNESS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOTRACKING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TONOMETRY;

ADULT; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PULSATILE FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 82955248139     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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