The origin of Korotkoff sounds and the accuracy of auscultatory blood pressure measurements.

@article{Babbs2015TheOO,
  title={The origin of Korotkoff sounds and the accuracy of auscultatory blood pressure measurements.},
  author={Charles F. Babbs},
  journal={Journal of the American Society of Hypertension : JASH},
  year={2015},
  volume={9 12},
  pages={
          935-50.e3
        }
}

• Charles F. Babbs
• Published in
  Journal of the American…
  2015
• DOI:10.1016/j.jash.2015.09.011

This study explores the hypothesis that the sharper, high frequency Korotkoff sounds come from resonant motion of the arterial wall, which begins after the artery transitions from a buckled state to an expanding state. The motions of one mass, two nonlinear springs, and one damper, driven by transmural pressure under the cuff, are used to model and compute the Korotkoff sounds according to principles of classical Newtonian physics. The natural resonance of this spring-mass-damper system… CONTINUE READING

View on PubMed

Open Access

Save to Library

Create Alert

Cite