Reproducibility of peripheral arterial tonometry measurements in male cardiovascular patients

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1065-1071

  Nil, Markus ^a,b   Schäfer, Daniela ^a   Radtke, Thomas ^a   Saner, Hugo ^a   Wilhelm, Matthias ^a   Eser, Prisca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Endothelial function; Peripheral arterial tonometry; Precision; Reactive hyperemic index; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL TONOMETRY; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE HYPEREMIC INDEX; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TONOMETER; TONOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; MANOMETRY; MICROVASCULATURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MANOMETRY; MICROVESSELS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84925936748     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eci.12341     Document Type: Article

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