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The Role of the Peripheral Vascular Bed in Arterial Pulse Wave Propagation

L. S. Baker, University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester
F. A. Anderson, Jr., University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester
H. B. Wheeler, University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester
William W. Durgin, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Copyright 1988 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Publisher website: http://store.asme.org/.

NOTE: At the time of publication, the author William W. Durgin was affiliated with Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Currently, February 2008, he is Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

Abstract

An analytical model was developed to simulate human arterial pulse wave propagation in major arteries. It was verified with an experimental model. The models investigated the effects of the peripheral vascular bed on pressure pulse morphology. The models revealed that the capillary bed in normal humans acts as a high resistance, low reflectance, boundary condition.

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L. S. Baker; F. A. Anderson, Jr.; H. B. Wheeler; and William W. Durgin. "The Role of the Peripheral Vascular Bed in Arterial Pulse Wave Propagation" ASME Winter Annual Meeting: Chicago, IL (1988): 35-38.
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/wdurgin/32

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