Diurnal blood pressure variations are associated with changes in distalproximal skin temperature gradient

Chronobiology International

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1273-1283

  Kräuchi, Kurt ^a   Gompper, Britta ^a   Hauenstein, Daniela ^b   Flammer, Josef ^b   Pflüger, Marlon ^a   Studerus, Erich ^a   Schötzau, Andy ^b   Orgül, Selim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Distal skin blood flow; Diurnal variation; Heart rate; Skin temperatures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SLEEP; TEMPERATURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SLEEP; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84867287234     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2012.719961     Document Type: Article

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