Pulmonary Arterial Pulse Wave Velocity and Impedance in Man
Open Access
- 1 December 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation Research
- Vol. 25 (6), 637-649
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.res.25.6.637
Abstract
The differential pressure method of Womersley and McDonald was used to measure instantaneous blood flow in the main pulmonary artery in ten human subjects. Three subjects had normal pulmonary arterial pressures and flows, seven had mitral stenosis and pulmonary hypertension. The spectrum of input impedance versus frequency was similar to that previously reported for the dog and rabbit, with the modulus decreasing from relatively high values at zero frequency to a minimum between 2 and 5 cycles/sec. Characteristic impedance and phase velocity were lower in the normal subjects than in those with pulmonary hypertension (averages, 23 dyne sec cm-5 and 1.68 m/sec in the normals; 46 dyne sec cm-5 and 4.77 m/sec in the hypertensives). Hydraulic energy dissipated per unit time by pulsations in the pulmonary bed was usually higher in the hypertensive than in the normal cases, because of the greater stiffness of the pulmonary arteries in the subjects with pulmonary hypertension. The elasticity of the pulmonary arte...Keywords
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