title: Characteristics of carotid pressure and flow waveforms as indicators of arterial properties and ventricular/arterial coupling.
abstract: The purpose of this experiment is to investigate the effect of arterial mechanics on carotid blood pressure and blood flow waveforms using an animal model. Blood pressure and blood flow waves were recorded from the carotid artery of the rabbit under different physiological and pharmacological conditions. The basic mechanism of the formation of pressure and flow waveforms was studied based on the anatomical structure and the mechanical properties of the arterial system. The interaction between the left ventricle and the arterial system was also discussed based on the carotid pressure and flow waveforms.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001158:Arteries / Q000502:physiology*; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D008297:Male; D005996:Nitroglycerin / Q000494:pharmacology; D011817:Rabbits; D012039:Regional Blood Flow
chemical_list: D005996:Nitroglycerin