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Central aortic blood pressure, augmentation index, and reflected wave transit time: reproducibility and repeatability of data obtained by oscillometry

BACKGROUND: The evidence suggests that arterial stiffness acts as an independent predictor of general as well as cardiovascular mortality, strokes in patients with arterial hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus in the elderly, and in the general population. The oscillometric method measures paramet...

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Autores principales: Ageenkova, Olga A, Purygina, Marina A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3225346/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22140314
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/VHRM.S24877