Pulse Pressure Wave Velocity.

What is the pulse pressure wave?

What effect would completely rigid arteries have?

What does the rate at which the pulse pressure wave travel along the blood vessels depend on?

What happens to the velocity of the pulse pressure wave, the more elastic the vessel wall is?

What happens to the pulse pressure wave the more rigid the blood vessel walls are?

What three measurements were used in this practical to establish the velocity of the pulse pressure wave?

What is the average pulse pressure wave in quiet/relaxed conditions?

What effect do you think the subject being supine would have on their pulse pressure velocity?

What effect do you think the subject holding their recording arm above their head would have on their pulse pressure wave velocity?

What effect do you think the subject putting their non-recording hand in ice would have on their pulse pressure wave velocity?

What effect do you think two minutes of moderate exercise would have on a subject's pulse pressure wave velocity?

What effect do you think occluding the blood vessels in the recording arm would have on a subject's pulse pressure wave velocity (after cuff removed)?

Using an unpaired T-test, there was evidence for a difference between female and male pulse pressure wave velocities in the quiet/relaxed, arm raised, and ice experimental conditions. Why do you think this is?

What is aortic pulse pressure wave velocity considered the gold standard for assessing?

The aortic pulse pressure wave velocity is calculated between which two arteries?

What is arterial stiffness a reliable parameter for predicting?

What are the four major determinants of pulse pressure wave velocity?

How does age affect pulse pressure wave velocity?

How does blood pressure affect the pulse pressure wave velocity?

How does gender affect pulse pressure wave velocity?

How does heart rate affect the pulse pressure wave velocity?

What is the first stage of atherosclerosis, which can be caused by increased arterial stiffness?

How can increased arterial stiffness lead to left ventricular hypertrophy?

Left ventricular hypertrophy is associated with lower diastolic pressure. What might this mean for the left ventricle tissue?

How does increased arterial stiffness and blood pressure affect arterial beds in the brain and/or kidneys?