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Descriptor English: Carotid-Femoral Pulse Wave Velocity
Descriptor Spanish: Velocidad de la Onda del Pulso Carotídeo-Femoral
Descriptor velocidad de la onda de pulso carotideofemoral
Entry term(s) velocidades de la onda de pulso carotideofemoral
Scope note: Tiempo de tránsito de una onda de PRESIÓN AÓRTICA entre la ARTERIA CARÓTIDA COMÚN y la ARTERIA FEMORAL COMÚN. Es una medida estándar de la RIGIDEZ ARTERIAL.
Descriptor Portuguese: Velocidade da Onda de Pulso Carótido-Femoral
Descriptor French: Vitesse de l'onde de pouls carotido-fémorale
Entry term(s): Carotid Femoral Pulse Wave Velocities
Carotid Femoral Pulse Wave Velocity
Carotid-Femoral Pulse Wave Velocities
Tree number(s): E01.370.370.680.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000080909
Scope note: The transit time of an AORTIC PRESSURE wave between the COMMON CAROTID ARTERY and the COMMON FEMORAL ARTERY. It is a standard measure of ARTERIAL STIFFNESS.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Pulse Wave Analysis (2012-2019)
Public MeSH Note: 2020
History Note: 2020
DeCS ID: 59046
Unique ID: D000080909
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Date Established: 2020/01/01
Date of Entry: 2019/07/08
Revision Date: 2019/05/30
Carotid-Femoral Pulse Wave Velocity - Preferred
Concept UI M000648728
Scope note The transit time of an AORTIC PRESSURE wave between the COMMON CAROTID ARTERY and the COMMON FEMORAL ARTERY. It is a standard measure of ARTERIAL STIFFNESS.
Preferred term Carotid-Femoral Pulse Wave Velocity
Entry term(s) Carotid Femoral Pulse Wave Velocities
Carotid Femoral Pulse Wave Velocity
Carotid-Femoral Pulse Wave Velocities



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