Distensibility
Distensibility is a metric of the stiffness of blood vessels. It is defined as
where and are the diameter of the vessel in systole and diastole, and and are the systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
Distensibility is a metric of the stiffness of blood vessels. It is defined as
where and are the diameter of the vessel in systole and diastole, and and are the systolic and diastolic blood pressure.