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In 1904 Erlanger and Hooker stated "Upon the amount of blood that is thrown out by the heart during systole then, does the magnitude of the pulse-pressure in the aorta depend". Although as early as 1947 (Hamilton and Remington 1947) a good correlation was found between stroke volume measured by dye injection and by analysis of the arterial pressure waveform the method has still not gained clinical acceptance. The method has been developed further (eg Jansen, Wesseling et al 1990). Several abstracts have described promising results.
Key milestones in pulse contour analysis will be added shortly
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