Pulmonary arterial compliance in dogs and pigs: The three-element windkessel model revisited

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 2 46-2, 1999, Pages

  Segers, Patrick ^a   Brimioulle, Serge ^b   Stergiopulos, Nikos ^c   Westerhof, Nico ^d   Naeije, Robert ^b   Maggiorini, Marco ^b   Verdonck, Pascal ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Pulmonary hemodynamics; Pulse pressure method; Stroke volume to pulse pressure ratio; Three element windkessel

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; LUNG EMBOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULSE PRESSURE;

EID: 0032833381     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1999.277.2.h725     Document Type: Article

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