Open AccessPulse Pressure Wave Analysis in the Diagnosis of Aorto-iliac Disease
Author(s) -
Stephen H. Leveson,
P. J. Guillou,
H J Terry,
J. N. Glanville,
R. C. Kester
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-197802000-00011
Subject(s) - medicine , aortography , pulse (music) , pulse pressure , radiology , hemodynamics , pressure wave , iliac artery , surgery , blood pressure , cardiology , aorta , acoustics , optics , physics , detector
The severity of aorto-iliac disease has been evaluated by direct pressure recording at the time of translumbar aortography. Pulse wave analysis confirmed the radiological appearance of 35 aorto-iliac segments and in one further segment, identified a normal haemodynamic pattern in the presence of marked degenerative disease. The method is safe, accurate, simple and relatively inexpensive.