Noninvasive assessment of subclinical atherosclerosis in children and adolescents: recommendations for standard assessment for clinical research: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association.

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Published in Hypertension on September 03, 2009

Authors

Elaine M Urbina, Richard V Williams, Bruce S Alpert, Ronnie T Collins, Stephen R Daniels, Laura Hayman, Marc Jacobson, Larry Mahoney, Michele Mietus-Snyder, Albert Rocchini, Julia Steinberger, Brian McCrindle, American Heart Association Atherosclerosis, Hypertension, and Obesity in Youth Committee of the Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young

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Simplified Pulse Wave Velocity Measurement, Validation Study of the pOpmètre in Children (EPIPOP) | NCT02991703

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