Wave transmission and reflection of waves " The myth is in their use"

Artery Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Westerhof, Nico ^a   Westerhof, Berend E ^b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b BMEYE   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA; AORTA FLOW; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY; AUGMENTATION INDEX; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART; IMPEDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; SHORT SURVEY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84856926767     PISSN: 18729312     EISSN: 18764401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.artres.2012.01.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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