Noninvasive studies of central aortic pressure

Current Hypertension Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-20

  O'Rourke, Michael F ^a   Adji, Audrey ^a  

^a ST VINCENT'S CLINIC   (Australia)

Author keywords

Applanation tonometry; Brachial artery cuff pressure; Central arterial pressure; Measurement; Noninvasive studies; Radial pressure transfer function; SphygmoCor

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANALYZER; ANGINA PECTORIS; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CALIBRATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATE SYSTOLIC INFLECTION METHOD; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MOVING AVERAGE METHOD; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE EQUIVALENCE METHOD; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; RADIAL ARTERY; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TONOMETER; TONOMETRY; TRANSFER FUNCTION METHOD; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; WAVEFORM;

AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CALIBRATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIAL ARTERY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS;

EID: 84857627625     PISSN: 15226417     EISSN: 15343111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11906-011-0236-5     Document Type: Article

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