Repeatability of the measurement of aortic pulse wave velocity (aPWV) in the clinical assessment of arterial stiffness in community-dwelling older patients using the Vicorder® device

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 269-273

  McGreevy, Cora ^a   Barry, Miriam ^a   Bennett, Kathleen ^b   Williams, David ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Elderly; Pulse wave velocity; Reproducibility; Vicorder

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; DEVICES; INDEPENDENT LIVING; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84879077059     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365513.2013.770162     Document Type: Article

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