title: [Non invasive measurement of arterial compliance].
abstract: Pulse pressure waves are damped by the elastic properties of the blood vessels. This damping capacity can be evaluated by measuring vascular compliance a parameter which expresses changes of volume with respect to changes of pressure. Arterial compliance varies continuously with respect to intravascular pressure. Our group has developed an ultrasonograph which functions in the A mode capable of measuring the diameter of peripheral arteries during the cardiac cycle. This system is coupled to a photoplethysmograph which records non-invasively and continuously finger blood pressure. This enables construction of pressure-diameter graphs and the determination of arterial compliance and distensibility at each pressure value.
authors.affiliation: Division d'hypertension, CHUV, Lausanne, Suisse.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hayoz
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rutschmann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niederberger
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Waeber
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Brunner
mesh_terms: D001158:Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D003080:Cold Temperature; D003187:Compliance; D006801:Humans; D005996:Nitroglycerin / Q000494:pharmacology; D010991:Plethysmography / Q000295:instrumentation; D011673:Pulsatile Flow; D012907:Smoking / Q000503:physiopathology; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D005996:Nitroglycerin
vernacular_title: Mesure non invasive de la compliance artérielle.