Should the augmentation index be normalized to heart rate?

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-16

  Stoner, Lee ^a   Faulkner, James ^a   Lowe, Andrew ^b   Lambrick, Danielle M ^c   Young, Joanna M ^d   Love, Richard ^c   Rowlands, David S ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Analysis; Arterial stiffness; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular disease; Correction; Heart rate; Non invasive; Pulse wave analysis; Wave reflections

Indexed keywords

AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84892985823     PISSN: 13403478     EISSN: 18803873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5551/jat.20008     Document Type: Review

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