title: Wave reflections and the arterial pulse.
abstract: Studies of aortic dynamics have provided new information about the peripheral pulse. This brief review provides a summary of these findings and relates them to a number of clinical conditions.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000502:physiology; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001916:Brachial Artery / Q000502:physiology; D002302:Cardiac Output; D004285:Dogs; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D011674:Pulse; D013318:Stroke Volume; D014655:Vascular Resistance