THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANACROTIC AND TARDUS PULSE OF AORTIC STENSIS

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Abstract
In anesthetized dogs, a ligature was gradually tightened around the root of the aorta while central, intermediate, and peripheral pressure pulses were optically recorded. The anacrotic halt and tardus peak of the peripheral pulse of aortic stenosis are due to the following factors: (1) stenosis offers so much resistance to flow during mid-systole that the central pulse itself assumes the anacrotic and tardus characteristics; (2) stenosis so reduces the violence of the initial systolic discharge that standing waves are not set up and the peripheral pulse reproduces the form of the central pulse.

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