Physical determining factors of the arterial pulse waveform: Theoretical analysis and calculation using the 1-D formulation

Journal of Engineering Mathematics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-37

  Alastruey, Jordi ^a   Passerini, Tiziano ^b,c   Formaggia, Luca ^b   Peiró, Joaquim ^d  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circle of Willis; Flow inertia; Nonlinear one dimensional modelling; Peripheral outflow pressure; Pulse wave propagation; Systemic arteries; Voigt type visco elasticity; Wall compliance; Windkessel pressure

Indexed keywords

CIRCLE OF WILLIS; FLOW INERTIA; PULSE WAVE PROPAGATION; SYSTEMIC ARTERIES; WALL COMPLIANCE; WINDKESSEL;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FORESTRY; TREES (MATHEMATICS); VISCOSITY;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ELASTICITY; FORESTRY; SIMULATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84868002207     PISSN: 00220833     EISSN: 15732703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10665-012-9555-z     Document Type: Article

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