myocardial fractional flow reserve (ffr) is a new index of the functional significance of intermediate coronary stenoses that is calculated from pressure measurements made during coronary arteriography. the aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between non-hyperemic coronary pressure dicrotic notch and fractional flow reserve (ffr). a consecutive of 114 patients (73 men and 41 women...

OBJECTIVES The appearance of the dicrotic notch on blood pressure tracings is associated with impaired cardiac function. Common carotid artery waveforms have similar fiduciary markers, yet they have not been related to cardiac function. We studied associations of common carotid artery dicrotic notch velocities with the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) determined by echocardiography. ...

Myocardial fractional flow reserve (FFR) is a new index of the functional significance of intermediate coronary stenoses that is calculated from pressure measurements made during coronary arteriography. The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between non-hyperemic coronary pressure dicrotic notch and fractional flow reserve (FFR). A consecutive of 114 patients (73 men and 41 women...

Divergent concepts on the origin of the dicrotic notch are widespread in medical literature and education. Since most medical textbooks explain the origin of the dicrotic notch as caused by the aortic valve closure itself, this is commonly transmitted in medical physiology courses. We present clinical data and numerical simulations to demonstrate that reflected pressure waves could participate ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine if comfortably applied, whole-body, periodic acceleration releases significant amounts of nitric oxide (NO) into the circulation of healthy subjects and patients with inflammatory diseases. MATERIALS Fourteen healthy adults and 40 adult patients with inflammatory diseases underwent single 45-min trials of whole-body, periodic acceleration with a new "passive exerc...

Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death in human beings. A survey shows every year about 900,000 peoples die due to heart diseases worldwide. Carotid pulse is a pressure signal recorded over the carotid artery as it passes near the surface of the body at the neck. An abnormal carotid pulse called the dicrotic pulse occurs when patients suffer from sepsis, hypovolemic shock, cardiac ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine if a 3-min bout of moderately intensive supine bicycle exercise, whole-body periodic acceleration (pGz), and passive motorized cycling cause nitric oxide (NO) release into the circulation, as detected by dicrotic notch descent on the diastolic limb of a finger pulse wave. PARTICIPANTS Fourteen healthy adults underwent two levels of supine bicycle ergometry that ca...

SUMMARY The study consisted of observations on nine male patients with palpable dicrotic carotid pulses. Average patient age was 37 years. All had advanced myocardial failure as evidenced by cardiomegaly and the presence of prominent atrial and ventricular diastolic gallop sounds. Most of these patients were diagnosed as having primary myocardial disease. The indirect carotid pulse was characte...

Photoplethysmography (PPG) is a non-invasive optical technique that measures relative blood volume changes in the blood vessels and is widely used for research and physiological studies. Dicrotic notch represent the closure of the aortic semi-lunar valve and subsequent receding blood flow when ventricles relax. Their location is used to calculate systolic time intervals and monitor cardiac func...

To test the hypothesis that the fall in supravalvular aortic diastolic pressure is relative to the severity of the regurgitant flow in aortic regurgitation, 27 patients with isolated aortic regurgitation, 23 patients with combined aortic regurgitation and stenosis, and 15 normal subjects were studied. Diastolic pulse pressure (pressure at the dicrotic notch minus pressure at end diastole) and t...