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The total arterial compliance of the arterial system was computed from its input impedance by expressing the impedance in terms of its frequency-response vector diagram (f.r.v.) The f.r.v. plot of a 3-element windkessel subjected to random pacing follows, theoretically, a circular path. Since the windkessel model serves as a good approximation for the arterial system, we have used the simple properties of its f.r.v. plot to obtain the compliance, which is otherwise normally determined from the peripheral resistance and the time constant of the diastolic pressure decay. The arterial compliance can also be determined from the impulse response function of the arterial system. Data obtained from dog experiments during no intervention, aortic occlusion and during occlusion of both carotid arteries have been analysed.
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Laxminarayan, S., Laxminarayan, R., Langewouters, G.J. et al. Computing total arterial compliance of the arterial system from its input impedance. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 17, 623–628 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02440907
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