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Volume 2, Issue 2, May 2008, Pages 51 - 59
Waves in arteries: A review of wave intensity analysis in the systemic and coronary circulations
Authors
Alun D. Hughes*, Kim H. Parker, Justin E. Davies
International Centre for Circulatory Health, NHLI Division, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Paddington, London W2 1LA, UK
*Corresponding author. Clinical Pharmacology, St Mary’s Campus, Imperial College London, South Wharf Road, London, W2 1NY, UK. Tel.: +44 0 207 886 6562; fax: +44 0 207 886 6145. E-mail address: a.hughes@imperial.ac.uk (A.D. Hughes).
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Alun D. Hughes
Received 22 September 2007, Revised 11 February 2008, Accepted 11 February 2008, Available Online 2 April 2008.
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.artres.2008.02.002How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Waves; Pressure waveform; Hemodynamics; Circulation; Aorta; Coronary artery
- Abstract
The intermittent ejection of blood by the ventricle results in pulsatile pressure and flow waveforms in the circulation. Understanding and characterizing this pulsatile behaviour is attracting increasing clinical interest, as it may have important implications for risk prediction and the mechanisms of action of therapeutic agents. This review focuses on the theory and use of wave intensity analysis to analyse pulsatile waveforms in the arterial circulation with particular reference to the coronary circulation.
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- © 2008 Association for Research into Arterial Structure and Physiology. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license.
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TY - JOUR AU - Alun D. Hughes AU - Kim H. Parker AU - Justin E. Davies PY - 2008 DA - 2008/04/02 TI - Waves in arteries: A review of wave intensity analysis in the systemic and coronary circulations JO - Artery Research SP - 51 EP - 59 VL - 2 IS - 2 SN - 1876-4401 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2008.02.002 DO - 10.1016/j.artres.2008.02.002 ID - Hughes2008 ER -