TY - GEN
T1 - Noninvasive assessment of mechanical properties of peripheral arteries
AU - Buntin, Charles M.
AU - Silver, Frederick H.
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - An ultrasound examination was used to noninvasively determine the changes in mechanical properties associated with age for the common carotid, brachial, popliteal, femoral, and tibial arteries. Forty-two normal male subjects, ranging in age from 8 to 60 years of age, were examined. Mechanical properties including percentage variation in diameter, pressure-strain, and circumferential elastic modulus were determined from changes in wall thickness and pulse pressure. Percentage variation in diameter (PVD) was seen to decrease with age for all arteries except the brachial, which remained relatively constant. Pressure-strain (Ep) and circumferential elastic moduli (Eo) were seen to increase with age in all arteries except the brachial, which remained relatively constant. Values found using this procedure were very similar to those found using other noninvasive techniques.
AB - An ultrasound examination was used to noninvasively determine the changes in mechanical properties associated with age for the common carotid, brachial, popliteal, femoral, and tibial arteries. Forty-two normal male subjects, ranging in age from 8 to 60 years of age, were examined. Mechanical properties including percentage variation in diameter, pressure-strain, and circumferential elastic modulus were determined from changes in wall thickness and pulse pressure. Percentage variation in diameter (PVD) was seen to decrease with age for all arteries except the brachial, which remained relatively constant. Pressure-strain (Ep) and circumferential elastic moduli (Eo) were seen to increase with age in all arteries except the brachial, which remained relatively constant. Values found using this procedure were very similar to those found using other noninvasive techniques.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0026384983
SN - 0780302168
T3 - Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Engineering in Medicine and Biology
SP - 1995
EP - 1996
BT - Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Engineering in Medicine and Biology
PB - Publ by IEEE
T2 - Proceedings of the 13th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Y2 - 31 October 1991 through 3 November 1991
ER -