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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 19.
Published in final edited form as: Mater Today (Kidlington). 2011 Mar;14(3):96–105. doi: 10.1016/S1369-7021(11)70059-1

Fig. 5.

Fig. 5

Schematic demonstrating basis of PWV. As the pulse wave travels down the aorta, the time delay (t) of the two wave points (x1 and x2) is recorded. PWV = δx/δt.