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  • Title: Aortic input impedance in normal man and arterial hypertension: its modification during changes in aortic pressure.
    Author: Merillon JP, Fontenier GJ, Lerallut JF, Jaffrin MY, Motte GA, Genain CP, Gourgon RR.
    Journal: Cardiovasc Res; 1982 Nov; 16(11):646-56. PubMed ID: 7168841.
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this work was to study the factors determining aortic input impedance in hypertensive patients. Aortic input impedance (simultaneous measurements of aortic pressure and blood flow), mean (Wm) and pulsatile (Wp) powers and the Wp/Wm ratio were compared in normal subjects (n = 13) and hypertensive patients (n = 12) under basal conditions and during blood pressure manipulation--angiotensin infusion in five normal patients and nitroprusside infusion in six hypertensive patients. Pulse wave velocity (Möens-Korteweg equation; simultaneous measurement of aortic pressure and radius) was determined under basal conditions in normal subjects and in 11 hypertensive patients. The results show that: 1) the changes in impedance curves in hypertensive patients are related to increased peripheral resistance, pulse wave velocity, wave reflection and aortic radius; 2) in most hypertensive patients impedance curves are normalised when blood pressure is reduced, whereas the Wp/Wm ratio remains higher. This latter result demonstrates that pulsatile energy losses are greater in hypertensive patients and suggests either that the aortic wall remains stiffer, despite the reduction in aortic pressure, or that the flow wave becomes more pulsatile since impedance curves of hypertensive patients seen after lowering blood pressure are similar to those of normal subjects.
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