A Novel Interpretation for Arterial Pulse Pressure Amplification in Health and Disease

Table 1

Arterial segments and their coefficients used for simulations, taken from [14].

Segment	Length (L, cm)	Radius (R, cm)	Wall thickness (h, cm)	Elasticity (E, 10^6 Dyn/cm^2)
Ascending aorta	4.000	1.450	0.163	4
Aortic arch	2.000	1120	0.132	4
Subclavian	3.400	0.420	0.067	4
Axillary	6.100	0.360	0.062	4
Axillary	5.600	0.310	0.057	4
Brachial	6.300	0.280	0.055	4
Brachial	6.300	0.260	0.053	4
Brachial	6.300	0.250	0.052	4
Brachial	4.600	0.240	0.050	4
Radial	11.700	0.160	0.043	8
Radial	11.700	0.160	0.043	8