Blazek V, Gammersbach S P, Rütten W, Schmitt H J
Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik, RWTH Aachen.
Vasa Suppl. 1991;33:310-1.
The simulation model describes the basic characteristics of the pulse in a wide range of arterial vessels. By comparison of simulated stenosis with photoplethysmographic registered curves of patients suffering from stenosis, it could be shown, that also pathologic hemodynamics can be adequately described. A new sight of dicrotic pulse generation was derived by the simulated removal of large arteries. This led to the hypothesis of decoupled, autonomous multiple reflections in the arteries of the arm, the leg and the head.
