Validation of a novel and existing algorithms for the estimation of pulse transit time: Advancing the accuracy in pulse wave velocity measurement

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 304, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Vardoulis, Orestis ^a   Papaioannou, Theodore G ^a,b   Stergiopulos, Nikolaos ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aortic stiffness; Arterial model; Arterial pulse; Pulse wave velocity; Wave reflection

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIASTOLE; HEMODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE TRANSIT TIME; PULSE WAVE; TIME;

AORTIC STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL MODEL; ARTERIAL PULSE; PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; WAVE REFLECTION;

ALGORITHMS; AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD CIRCULATION TIME; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIASTOLE; FOOT; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PULSATILE FLOW; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84878768590     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00963.2012     Document Type: Article

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