Using Korotkoff Sounds to Detect the Degree of Vascular Compliance in Different Age Groups

INTRODUCTION: The principle behind the generation of the Korotkoff sounds is the turbulence of blood flowing through a partially occluded area in the artery. With increasing age, the vascular wall compliance is expected to decrease, which is due to the thickening of the vessel wall, due to which the...

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Published in:J Clin Diagn Res
Main Author: Ramakrishnan, Dushyant
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: JCDR Research and Publications (P) Limited 2016
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Physiology Section
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4800516/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27042451
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2016/16225.7198
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