Relationship between the pressure and diameter of the carotid artery in humans

M Sugawara; K Niki; H Furuhata; S Ohnishi; S Suzuki

doi:10.1007/pl00007261

Relationship between the pressure and diameter of the carotid artery in humans

Heart Vessels. 2000;15(1):49-51. doi: 10.1007/pl00007261.

Authors

M Sugawara¹, K Niki, H Furuhata, S Ohnishi, S Suzuki

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Japan. prsuga@hij.twmu.ac.jp

PMID: 11001487
DOI: 10.1007/pl00007261

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the assumption of similarity between pressure and diameter-change waveforms in humans. We measured carotid arterial pressure and diameter change, simultaneously, in six patients with heart disease. In all patients, the carotid arterial pressure-diameter relationship could, in practice, be regarded as being linear.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Arrhythmias, Cardiac / physiopathology
Blood Pressure / physiology*
Carotid Artery, Common / anatomy & histology
Carotid Artery, Common / diagnostic imaging*
Carotid Artery, Common / physiology*
Female
Heart Failure / physiopathology
Heart Valve Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Heart Valve Diseases / physiopathology
Humans
Male
Manometry
Middle Aged
Ultrasonography