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Nico Westerhof

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Contribution of the Arterial System and the Heart to Blood Pressure during Normal Aging - A Simulation Study

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Elira Maksuti, Nico Westerhof

During aging, systolic blood pressure continuously increases over time, whereas diastolic pressure first increases and then slightly decreases after middle age. These pressure changes are usually explained by changes of the arterial system alone (increase ...

Public Library of Science2016

Systolic Hypertension Mechanisms: Effect of Global and Local Proximal Aorta Stiffening on Pulse Pressure

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Philippe Reymond, Nico Westerhof

Decrease in arterial compliance leads to an increased pulse pressure, as explained by the Windkessel effect. Pressure waveform is the sum of a forward running and a backward running or reflected pressure wave. When the arterial system stiffens, as a result ...

Springer US2012

RC time constant of single lung equals that of both lungs together: a study in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Nico Westerhof

The product of resistance, R, and compliance, C (RC time), of the entire pulmonary circulation is constant. It is unknown if this constancy holds for individual lungs. We determined R and C in individual lungs in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertensi ...

2009