Total arterial inertance as the fourth element of the windkessel model

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 1 45-1, 1999, Pages

  Stergiopulos, Nikos ^a   Westerhof, Berend E ^b   Westerhof, Nico ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aortic characteristic impedance; Aortic pressure and flow; Dog; Human; Total arterial compliance; Total arterial inertance; Windkessels

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; DOG; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0032932939     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1999.276.1.h81     Document Type: Article

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