Artery Research
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 79-88, June 2009

Limitations and pitfalls of non-invasive measurement of arterial pressure wave reflections and pulse wave velocity

  • Patrick Segers

      Affiliations

    • Biofluid, Tissue and Solid Mechanics for Medical Applications, IBiTech, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +32 9 2403466; fax: +32 9 2404159.
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  • Jan Kips

      Affiliations

    • Biofluid, Tissue and Solid Mechanics for Medical Applications, IBiTech, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
    • Heymans Institute of Pharmacology, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
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  • Bram Trachet

      Affiliations

    • Biofluid, Tissue and Solid Mechanics for Medical Applications, IBiTech, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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  • Abigail Swillens

      Affiliations

    • Biofluid, Tissue and Solid Mechanics for Medical Applications, IBiTech, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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  • Sebastian Vermeersch

      Affiliations

    • Biofluid, Tissue and Solid Mechanics for Medical Applications, IBiTech, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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  • Dries Mahieu

      Affiliations

    • Heymans Institute of Pharmacology, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
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  • Ernst Rietzschel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
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  • Marc De Buyzere

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
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  • Luc Van Bortel

      Affiliations

    • Heymans Institute of Pharmacology, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium

Received 2 December 2008; received in revised form 9 February 2009; accepted 23 February 2009. published online 20 March 2009.

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PII: S1872-9312(09)00011-8

doi:10.1016/j.artres.2009.02.006

Artery Research
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 79-88, June 2009

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