Waveform dispersion, not reflection, may be the major determinant of aortic pressure wave morphology

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 289, Issue 6 58-6, 2005, Pages

  Hope, Sarah A ^a,b   Tay, David B ^c   Meredith, Ian T ^a,b   Cameron, James D ^a,b  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aorta; Augmentation index; Fourier analysis; Pressure wave reflection

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH; AORTA BIFURCATION; AORTA PRESSURE; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RENAL ARTERY; THORACIC AORTA; WAVEFORM; WAVEFORM DISPERSION;

AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 28144445063     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00411.2005     Document Type: Article

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