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The recent discovery of arterial smooth muscle contractions which are synchronized with the activity of the right atrial pacemaker in the rabbit heart gives support to the hypothesis that the arterial pulse wave is a soliton. The hypothesis is amenable to experimental tests.
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Rowlands, S. Is the arterial pulse a soliton?. J Biol Phys 10, 199–200 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01991939
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