High frequency characteristics of the arterial system

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Abstract

Pressure, flow and diameter were measured in the abdominal aorta of five anesthetized dogs during normal heart beats and heart beats with a superimposed impulse (generated by rapidly injecting a small volume of saline into the system). From Fourier analysis it was found that the impulse enhanced the amplitudes of the higher harmonics so that frequencies up to 80 Hz could be studied. Both the input impedance and apparent phase velocity above 20 Hz were independent of frequency and their average values were designated as characteristic impedance and true phase velocity. Average characteristic impedance for all five animals was 2.0 ± 0.1 × 108 Nsm−5 and average phase velocity was 8.3 ± 0.6 ms−1. Phase velocities calculated from characteristic impedance (1.76−2.39 × 108 Nsm−5) and from the slope of the pressure-diameter relation (0.102–0.25 × 10−8 Nm−3) were similar to the true phase velocity as defined above (6.79–9.85 ms−1). It may be concluded that the input impedance converges to characteristic impedance and apparent phase velocity converges to phase velocity for high frequencies.

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