Cross-sectional compliance overestimates arterial compliance because it neglects the axial strain

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 133, Issue 33-34, 2003, Pages 461-464

  Tozzi, Piergiorgio ^a   Hayoz, D ^a   Corno, A F ^a   Mallabiabarrena, I ^a   Von Segesser, L K ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arterial compliance; Arterial wall; Vascular ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADVENTITIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CALCULATION; CRYSTAL; DYNAMICS; ECHOGRAPHY; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSICAL STRESS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PULSE PRESSURE;

EID: 0142177989     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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