• DocumentCode
    3182567
  • Title

    The importance of wave reflection: A comparison of wave intensity analysis and separation of pressure into forward and backward components

  • Author

    Hughes, Alun D. ; Davies, Justin E. ; Parker, K.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Heart & Lung Inst., Imperial Coll. London, London, UK
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    3-7 July 2013
  • Firstpage
    229
  • Lastpage
    232
  • Abstract
    Waves and wave reflections play an undoubted role in arterial hemodynamics. Wave intensity analysis and separation of pressure into forward and backward components can both be used to analyze wave phenomena in arteries, but result in different interpretations regarding the contribution of wave reflections to the aorta blood pressure waveform. We compare these approaches using pressure and flow measurements made in the human aorta and discuss why the interpretations might differ.
  • Keywords
    blood flow measurement; blood pressure measurement; blood vessels; waveform analysis; aorta blood pressure waveform; arterial hemodynamics; artery wave phenomena; backward component; blood flow measurement; blood pressure measurement; forward component; human aorta; pressure separation; wave intensity analysis; wave reflection; Arteries; Blood; Blood pressure; Heart; Impedance; Lead; Reflection;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Osaka
  • ISSN
    1557-170X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EMBC.2013.6609479
  • Filename
    6609479