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Arterial Stiffness
Find out why having "stiff arteries" can increase blood pressure and cause uneven blood flow. It all comes back to the idea of "total energy"!
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  1. Compliance and Elastance
  2. Bernoulli's equation of total energy
  3. Stored elastic energy in large and middle sized arteries
  1. Compliance - Decreased blood pressure
  2. Compliance - Increased blood flow
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Arterial Stiffness
Find out why having "stiff arteries" can increase blood pressure and cause uneven blood flow. It all comes back to the idea of "total energy"!
Subscribed Subscribe
  1. Compliance and Elastance
  2. Bernoulli's equation of total energy
  3. Stored elastic energy in large and middle sized arteries
  1. Compliance - Decreased blood pressure
  2. Compliance - Increased blood flow
 
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