CrossTalk proposal: Forward and backward pressure waves in the arterial system do represent reality

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 591, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1167-1169

  Westerhof, Nico ^a   Westerhof, Berend E ^b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES   (United States)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BACKWARD PRESSURE WAVE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CIRCULATION; EDITORIAL; FORWARD PRESSURE WAVE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; UNIFORM TUBE MODEL;

ANIMALS; AORTA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84874410021     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.249763     Document Type: Editorial

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