ASSESSING THE ACCURACY OF NON-INVASIVE MEASURING METHODS OF PULSE WAVE VELOCITY: AN ANALYSIS BASED ON FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION SIMULATIONS IN THE CAROTID ARTERY

摘要

The reliability of single-location methods to measure PWV is highly dependent on which part of the FSI-data is extracted. Best results were obtained when analyzing the initial slope from the first cycle of the FSI-data, likely because the flow regimen is still developing and no wave reflections are present, entailing that the hemodynamical behavior better complies to the ideal conditions assumed by the Bramwell-Hill equation.