Noninvasive assessment of carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity: The influence of body side and body contours

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 946-951

  Bossuyt, Jelle ^a   Van De Velde, Sandrien ^a   Azermai, Majda ^a   Vermeersch, Sebastian J ^a,b   De Backer, Tine L M ^a   Devos, Daniel G ^c   Heyse, Catherine ^c   Filipovsky, Jan ^d   Segers, Patrick ^b   Van Bortel, Luc M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

arterial stiffness; body contours; body side; carotid femoral pulse wave velocity; distance standardization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BODY SIZE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID FEMORAL PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84876295856     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328360275d     Document Type: Article

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