Pulse wave velocity and the non-invasive methods used to assess it: Complior, SphygmoCor, Arteriograph and Vicorder

Vascular

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 342-349

  Davies, Jennifer M ^a   Bailey, Marc A ^a,b   Griffin, Kathryn J ^a,b   Scott, D Julian A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Arteriograph; Complior; Pulse wave velocity; SphygmoCor; Vicorder

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CAROTID ARTERY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; PULSE WAVE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT DEVICE; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

ALGORITHMS; ARTERIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VASCULAR DISEASES; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84878356498     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: 1708539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/vasc.2011.ra0054     Document Type: Review

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