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Dominance of geometric overelastic factors in pulse transmission through arterial branching

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The branching characteristic of the arterial system is such that blood pressure pulses propagate with minimum loss. This characteristic depends on the geometric and elastic properties of branching vessels. In the current investigation, mathematical relations of branching geometry and elastic properties are formulated and their relative contributions to pulse reflection at an arterial junction are analyzed. Results show that alteration of pulse transmission through the junction is more significantly affected by changes in branching vessel radii and wall thickness than by corresponding percentage changes in vessel wall elastic moduli.

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Li, J.K.J. Dominance of geometric overelastic factors in pulse transmission through arterial branching. Bltn Mathcal Biology 48, 97–103 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02460065

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