Pressure wave reflection assessed from the peripheral pulse: is a transfer function necessary?

SC Millasseau, SJ Patel, SR Redwood, JM Ritter… - …, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc
Synthesis of the aortic pressure waveform by application of a transfer function to the radial
pulse allows the estimation of aortic systolic blood pressure and aortic augmentation index …

Arterial stiffness estimation in healthy subjects: a validation of oscillometric (Arteriograph) and tonometric (SphygmoCor) techniques

M Ring, MJ Eriksson, JR Zierath, K Caidahl - Hypertension Research, 2014 - nature.com
Arterial stiffness is an important cardiovascular risk marker, which can be measured
noninvasively with different techniques. To validate such techniques in healthy subjects, we …

Validity of pulse pressure and augmentation index as surrogate measures of arterial stiffness during beta-adrenergic stimulation

D Lemogoum, G Flores, W Van den Abeele… - Journal of …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Objective Increased arterial stiffness is a determinant of cardiovascular mortality. Pulse wave
velocity (PWV) is a direct measure of arterial stiffness. Aortic augmentation index (AI) and …

Heart rate dependency of pulse pressure amplification and arterial stiffness

IB Wilkinson, NH Mohammad, S Tyrrell… - American journal of …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Background: Pulse pressure and aortic pulse wave velocity, measures of arterial stiffness,
are both important determinants of cardiovascular risk. However, assessment of peripheral …