Noninvasive Method for Measuring Local Pulse Wave Velocity by Dual Pulse Wave Doppler: In Vitro and In Vivo Studies

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 3; p. e0120482
• Main Authors: Wang, Zhen, Yang, Yong, Yuan, Li-jun, Liu, Jie, Duan, Yun-you, Cao, Tie-sheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 18.03.2015; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Accuracy; Cardiovascular disease; Carotid arteries; Carotid artery; Carotid Artery, Common - physiopathology; Case-Control Studies; Coefficient of variation; Experiments; Feasibility studies; Female; Flow velocity; Heart Rate; Hospitals; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - diagnosis; Hypertension - physiopathology; In vitro methods and tests; In vivo methods and tests; Laser-Doppler Flowmetry - instrumentation; Laser-Doppler Flowmetry - methods; Male; Measurement; Methods; Middle Aged; Models, Cardiovascular; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Observer Variation; Patients; Pressure transducers; Pulse Wave Analysis - instrumentation; Pulse Wave Analysis - methods; Reproducibility; Reproducibility of Results; Rubber; Signal processing; Studies; Ultrasound; Veins & arteries; Wave velocity; China

To evaluate the validity and reproducibility of a noninvasive dual pulse wave Doppler (DPWD) method, which involves simultaneous recording of flow velocity of two independent sample volumes with a measurable distance, for measuring the local arterial pulse wave velocity (PWV) through in vitro and in...