Quantification of wave reflection in the human aorta from pressure alone: A proof of principle

Hypertension

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 595-601

  Westerhof, Berend E ^a,c   Guelen, Ilja ^a   Westerhof, Nico ^b   Karemaker, John M ^c   Avolio, Alberto ^d  

^a BMEYE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aorta; Blood flow; Blood flow velocity; Blood pressure; Pulse

Indexed keywords

NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AORTA; AORTA FLOW; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCULATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; VALSALVA MANEUVER; WAVEFORM; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSE RATE;

ADULT; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PULSE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 33750590779     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000238330.08894.17     Document Type: Article

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