Carotid-radial pulse wave velocity as an alternative tool for the evaluation of endothelial function during pregnancy: Potential role in identifying hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 5603-5606

  Torrado, Juan ^a   Farro, Ignacio ^a   Farro, Federico ^a   Bia, Daniel ^a   Zocalo, Yanina ^a   Sosa, Claudio ^a   Scasso, Santiago ^a   Alonso, Justo ^a   Armentano, Ricardo L ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

^b FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL DIAMETER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIO-VASCULAR RISK FACTORS; CLINICAL APPLICATION; DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; ENDOTHELIAL DAMAGE; ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY-INDUCED HYPERTENSIONS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; REACTIVE HYPEREMIA;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; FUNCTION EVALUATION; PATIENT TREATMENT;

OBSTETRICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 84870803065     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6347264     Document Type: Conference Paper

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