Importance of the aortic reservoir in determining the shape of the arterial pressure waveform - The forgotten lessons of Frank

Artery Research

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 40-45

  Davies, Justin E ^a   Hadjiloizou, Nearchos ^a   Leibovich, Debora ^b   Malaweera, Anura ^a   Alastruey Arimon, Jordi ^b   Whinnett, Zachary I ^a   Manisty, Charlotte H ^a   Francis, Darrel P ^a   Aguado Sierra, Jazmin ^b   Foale, Rodney A ^a   Malik, Iqbal S ^a   Parker, Kim H ^b   Mayet, Jamil ^a   Hughes, Alun D ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortic cushioning; Aortic pressure; Augmentation index; Wave reflection; Windkessel

Indexed keywords

AORTA; AORTA FLOW; AORTA VALVE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FLOW RATE; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SYSTOLE; TONOMETRY;

EID: 34548250930     PISSN: 18729312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.artres.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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