Reference values of aortic pulse wave velocity in a large healthy population aged between 3 and 18 years

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 424-425

  Reusz, George S ^a   Shroff, Rukshana ^b   Kis, Eva ^a   Cseprekal, Orsolya ^a   Fischer, Dagmar Christiane ^c   Haffner, Dieter ^d  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AORTA PULSE WAVE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDICAL DEVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; TONOMETRY;

EID: 84872866782     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32835c021f     Document Type: Letter

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