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Arterial system configuration and wave reflection
1Graduate Division of Biomedical Engineering, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, U.K.
Journal of Biomedical Engineering
|October 1, 1987
Abstract:
On the assumption that the arterial segments between branching points are cylindrical, the relationship between total arterial cross-sectional area and the distance from the heart for the entire length of the arterial system is derived. Based on this relationship, a model of the whole arterial system is proposed; it is composed of three tubes of common origin and of unequal lengths and cross-sectional areas. This model may be useful for simulation purposes, with particular reference to pulse wave reflections.