Major impact of body position on arterial stiffness indices derived from radial applanation tonometry in pregnant and nonpregnant women

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1161-1168

  Jaccoud, Letitia ^a   Rotaru, Corina ^a   Heim, Abigaël ^a   Liaudet, Lucas ^a   Waeber, Bernard ^a   Hohlfeld, Patrick ^b   Feihl, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

aorta ph (physiology); blood pressure ph (physiology); brachial artery ph (physiology); diastole ph (physiology); female; heart rate ph (physiology); humans; pregnancy ph (physiology); systole ph (physiology)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SUPINE POSITION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TONOMETER; TONOMETRY;

EID: 84861100545     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328352abf9     Document Type: Article

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