Modeling of Intraorgan Arterial Vasculature. II. Propagation of Pressure Waves

摘要

The dependence of the wave conductance in self-similar dichotomous models of intraorgan arterial vasculalures on the model parameters was studied. It was found that, with different sets of parameters, it is possible to simulate the suction effect induced by negative reflections of waves from arterial branchings and to model the resonance properties of arterial beds. It was shown that the choice of an adequate model for a given intraorgan arterial vasculature should be based on agreement between the biophysical characteristics of the model and the bed that characterize the propagation and reflection of pulse waves.