A strong heritage of science in arterial hemodynamics has been handed down in Britain, though application to clinical practice has been slow but is expected to advance with new technologies.
Britain has contributed more than any other nation to the theory and application of arterial hemodynamics. Within England, no city has spawned more ideas in this domain than London, home to University College and this meeting. Isaac Newton was the pioneer. His Principa Mathematica established the principles of physics through quantification of information, and observations, using appropriate mathematical analysis. While Newton's main establishment was at Cambridge, he spent much time in London at meetings of the Royal Society, and in his later life, as Warden of the Mint
O’Rourke et al. (Sun,) conducted a review in Arterial hemodynamics. A strong heritage of science in arterial hemodynamics has been handed down in Britain, though application to clinical practice has been slow but is expected to advance with new technologies.