Numerical assessment and comparison of pulse wave velocity methods aiming at measuring aortic stiffness

• Published in: Physiological measurement Vol. 38; no. 11; pp. 1953 - 1967
• Main Authors: Obeid, Hasan, Soulat, Gilles, Mousseaux, Elie, Laurent, Stéphane, Stergiopulos, Nikos, Boutouyrie, Pierre, Segers, Patrick
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England IOP Publishing 31.10.2017
• Subjects: Aorta - anatomy & histology; Aorta - physiology; Female; hemodynamic signals; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Models, Anatomic; Models, Biological; numerical arterial model; pulse transit time; Pulse Wave Analysis - methods; Vascular Stiffness

Pulse waveform analyses have become established components of cardiovascular research. Recently several methods have been proposed as tools to measure aortic pulse wave velocity (aPWV). The carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cf-PWV), the current clinical gold standard method for the noninvasive as...