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Effect of Hematocrit Level on the Radial Pulse Wave  

Ryu, Hyun-Hee (Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine)
Jeon, Young-Ju (Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine)
Kim, Jae-Uk (Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine)
Lee, Hae-Jung (Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine)
Woo, Young-Jae (Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine)
Lee, Yu-Jung (Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine)
Kim, Jong-Yeol (Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine)
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Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine / v.23, no.5, 2009 , pp. 1035-1040 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this work, we investigate the effect of blood hematocrit level on the radial pulse wave to study the clinical application of the pulse analyzer. For this purpose, we measured the radial pulse wave at the left Gwan for 15 males with abnormal high hematocrit level and 47 males with normal hematocrit level at the age of thirties and forties. Various variables of the radial pulse wave between two groups were analyzed by Student's T test. We found significant differences in several characteristic variables in the amplitude, time-span and the integrated area of the amplitude and time of the pulse wave. The systolic peak in the amplitude of the radial pulse wave was higher in abnormal high hematocrit group. In contrast, the third peak from the second incisure was higher and longer in normal hematocrit group. Our study suggests that the radial pulse wave can be useful in distinguishing the patient group with high hematocrit level and thus with high blood viscosity. Our finding may motivate research activities towards diverse clinical applications of the pulse wave.
Keywords
radial pulse wave; blood viscosity; hematocrit;
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