Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity in Healthy Children and Adolescents: Reference Values for the Vicorder Device and Modifying Factors

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1480-1488

  Thurn, Daniela ^a   Doyon, Anke ^b   Sözeri, Betul ^c   Bayazit, Aysun K ^d   Canpolat, Nur ^e   Duzova, Ali ^f   Querfeld, Uwe ^g   Schmidt, Bernhard M W ^a   Schaefer, Franz ^b   Wühl, Elke ^b   Melk, Anette ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Center for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine   (Germany)

^c EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^d CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

arterial stiffness; blood pressure; cardiovascular; hypertension; pediatrics; pulse wave velocity; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTIC PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID STIFFNESS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MATERNAL OBESITY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OSCILLOMETER; PASSIVE SMOKING; PATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; VALIDATION STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; MULTICENTER STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84949967611     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpv048     Document Type: Article

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