Title :
Investigation on the information content of a pressure pulse
Author :
Chatterjea, Amit ; Libii, Josue Njock ; Harris, Dennis
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Indiana Univ., Ft. Wayne, IN, USA
Abstract :
Three basic concepts to extract cardiovascular information from blood-pressure-pulse contours are introduced. These ideas have been used to derive the necessary data from a normal and two abnormal pressure pulses as obtained from the ascending aorta. A comparison of the results showed that, with reference to the normal pulse, the two abnormalities investigated exhibited distinctive variations in the evaluated characteristics. The significance of these results was then discussed, and appropriate conclusions were drawn.<>
Keywords :
cardiology; haemodynamics; patient diagnosis; abnormal pressure pulses; ascending aorta; blood-pressure-pulse contours; cardiovascular information; information content; normal pressure pulse; pressure pulse;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1988. Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0785-2
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1988.94792
