Artery Research
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 132-137 , November 2008

New insights into cardiovascular risk from the exercise central waveform

  • James E. Sharman

      Affiliations

    • The University of Queensland, Department of Medicine, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland 4102, Australia
    • The University of Queensland, School of Human Movement Studies, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationThe University of Queensland, Department of Medicine, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland 4102, Australia. Tel.: +61 7 3240 6438; fax: +61 7 3240 5399.
    • Grants: Dr. Sharman is supported by an NHMRC Australian Clinical Research Fellowship (reference 409940). Some of the work presented was supported in part from a project grant (G05B 2041) from the National Heart Foundation, Melbourne, Australia.

Received 15 August 2008 ,Accepted 15 September 2008.

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PII: S1872-9312(08)00502-4

doi: 10.1016/j.artres.2008.09.001

Artery Research
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 132-137 , November 2008

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