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Non-invasive study of the local mechanical arterial characteristics in humans

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The Arterial System in Hypertension

Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine ((DICM,volume 144))

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Various relationships are suggested in the literature to qualify the elastic behavior of (a segment of) an artery as a function of measurable parameters.

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  1. Arnold P. G. Hoeks
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  1. Broussais-Hôtel Dieu, Paris, France

    Michel E. Safar (Professor of Therapeutics) (Professor of Therapeutics)

  2. University of New South Wales, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia

    Michael F. O’Rourke (Professor of Medicine) (Professor of Medicine)

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Hoeks, A.P.G. (1993). Non-invasive study of the local mechanical arterial characteristics in humans. In: Safar, M.E., O’Rourke, M.F. (eds) The Arterial System in Hypertension. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 144. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0900-0_9

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