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Dániel Gyürki1, Tamás Horváth2, Sára Till1
1Department of Hydrodynamic Systems, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary.
Abstract:
One-dimensional arterial flow simulations are suitable to estimate the aortic pressure from peripheral measurements in a patient-specific arterial network. This study introduces a reduction of the system parameters, and a novel calculation method to estimate the patient-specific set and the aortic curve based on radial applanation tonometry. Peripheral and aortic pressure curves were measured in patients, optimization were carried out. The aortic pressure curves were reproduced well, with an overestimation of the measured Systolic and Mean Blood Pressures on average by 0.6 and 0.5 mmHg respectively, and the Root Mean Square Difference of the curves was 3 mmHg on average.
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