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J Appl Physiol 65: 1604-1610, 1988;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 65, Issue 4 1604-1610, Copyright © 1988 by American Physiological Society

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Aortic input impedance during Mueller maneuver: an evaluation of "effective length"

R. D. Latham, P. Sipkema, N. Westerhof and B. J. Rubal
Department of Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 78234.

Aortic input impedance was calculated in seven subjects in the control state (normal reflection) and during the Mueller maneuver (increased reflection) to evaluate "effective arterial length" under altered physiological conditions. Regional foot-to-foot pulse wave velocities and pressure waveforms along the aorta were used to define an "apparent anatomic length" or distance to a dominant discrete site of reflection "seen" by the ejecting ventricle. Time of wave travel was taken to be one-half the interval from the foot of the incident wave to the midsystolic inflection point. Knowing the time of travel from the returning reflection and velocity, distances calculated to the "apparent anatomic length" were 35 +/- 2 and 34 +/- 2 during control and Mueller maneuver, respectively (P = NS). The frequency of the first minimum of the modulus (fmin) and the first zero crossing of the phase angle (f phi) were determined from the input impedance spectra. During baseline conditions, fmin (3.9 +/- 0.2 Hz) approximately equaled f phi (4.2 +/- 0.2 Hz), and the resulting "effective lengths" calculated using the quarter-wavelength formula were similar to the apparent anatomic length. These data suggested that the aortic region incorporating the renal arterial branches as a site of discrete reflection and that terminal load was not significantly frequency dependent. During Mueller maneuver, however, f min (3.3 +/- 0.2 Hz) and f phi (5.1 +/- 0.2 Hz) were significantly discordant, the terminal load became strongly frequency dependent, and effective length calculated from f min was dissimilar (P less than 0.05) from the unchanged apparent anatomic length.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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