Artery Research
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 1-8 , February 2008

The life and times of Donald A. McDonald

  • Wilmer W. Nichols

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine/Cardiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Box 100277, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 352 846 0426; fax: +1 352 392 3863.
    • ,
  • Michael F. O'Rourke

      Affiliations

    • UNSW/St Vincent's Clinic, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Received 4 June 2007 ,Revised 23 July 2007 ,Accepted 2 August 2007.

References 

  1. O'Rourke MF, Taylor MG. Profiles in cardiology: Donald Arthur McDonald. Clin Cardiol. 1993;16(11):842–843
  2. Hess WR, Akert K, McDonald DA. Relation of the frontal lobes to the autonomic system. Helv Physiol Pharmacol Acta. 1951;9(1):101–124
  3. Akert K, Hess WR, McDonald DA. Autonomic and somatic activity evoked by stimulation of frontal cortex and thalamus in cats. (Film.). J Physiol. 1951;113(2–3):19p–20p
  4. Hess WR, Akert K, McDonald DA. Functions of the orbital gyri of cats. Brain. 1952;75(2):244–258
  5. McDonald DA, Potter JM. Direct observation of stream lines in the basilar artery. J Physiol. 1949;109(1–2):Proc, 17
  6. McDonald DA, Potter JM. A method for the study of arterial anastomoses. J Anat. 1950 Oct;84(4):327–328
  7. Potter JM, McDonald DA. Cinematographic recording of the velocity of arterial blood-flow. Nature. 1950;166(4223):596–597
  8. McDonald DA, Potter JM. The distribution of blood to the brain. J Physiol. 1951;114(3):356–371
  9. McDonald DA. The velocity of blood flow in the rabbit aorta studied with high-speed cinematography. J Physiol. 1952;118(3):328–339
  10. McDonald DA. The occurrence of turbulent flow in the rabbit aorta. J Physiol. 1952;118(3):340–347
  11. McDonald DA. The relation of pulsatile pressure to flow in arteries. J Physiol. 1955;127(3):533–552
  12. Helps EP, McDonald DA. Arterial blood flow calculated from pressure gradients. J Physiol. 1954;124(2):30P–31P
  13. Harkness ML, Harkness RD, McDonald DA. The collagen and elastin content of the arterial wall in the dog. Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 1957;146(925):541–551
  14. Womersley JR. Method for the calculation of velocity, rate of flow and viscous drag in arteries when the pressure gradient is known. J Physiol. 1955;127(3):553–563
  15. Hale JF, McDonald DA, Womersley JR. Velocity profiles of oscillating arterial flow, with some calculations of viscous drag and the Reynolds numbers. J Physiol. 1955;128(3):629–640
  16. Hale JF, McDonald DA, Taylor MG, Womersley JR. The counter chronometer method for recording pulse-wave velocity. J Physiol. 1955;129(1):27P–28P
  17. Womersley JR. The mathematical analysis of the arterial circulation in the state of oscillatory motion. Wright Air Development Centre technical Report. WADC-TR 56–614; 1957.
  18. Womersley JR. Oscillatory flow in arteries: I. the constrained elastic tube as a model of arterial flow and pulse transmission. Phys Med Biol. 1957;2(2):178–187
  19. Womersley JR. Oscillatory flow in arteries. II. The reflection of the pulse wave at junctions and rigid inserts in the arterial system. Phys Med Biol. 1958;2(4):313–323
  20. Womersley JR. Oscillatory flow in arteries. III. Flow and pulse-velocity formulae for a liquid whose viscosity varies with frequency. Phys Med Biol. 1958;2(4):374–382
  21. McDonald DA, Taylor MG. The hydrodynamics of the arterial circulation in the state of oscillatory motion. Prog Biophys. 1959;9:107–173
  22. Laszt L, Muller A. Simultaneous measuring of blood pressure in the abdominal aorta and in its main branches. Helv Physiol Pharmacol Acta. 1952;10(3):259–272
  23. Laszt L, Muller A. The wave of pressure in the aorta. Helv Physiol Pharmacol Acta. 1952;10(1):3–19
  24. McDonald DA. Blood flow in arteries. London: Edward Arnold; 1960;
  25. Caro CG, McDonald DA. The relation of pulsatile pressure and flow in the pulmonary vascular bed. J Physiol. 1961;157:426–453
  26. Yanof HM, Rosen AL, McDonald NM, McDonald DA. A critical study of the response of manometers to forced oscillations. Phys Med Biol. 1963;66:407–422
  27. Attinger EO, Anne A, McDonald DA. Use of Fourier series for the analysis of biological systems. Biophys J. 1966;6(3):291–304
  28. McDonald DA. Regional pulse-wave velocity in the arterial tree. J Appl Physiol. 1968;24(1):73–78
  29. Nichols WW, McDonald DA. Wave-velocity in the proximal aorta. Med Biol Eng. 1972;10(3):327–335
  30. McDonald DA, Nichols WW. Left ventricular output derived from the time-derivative and phase velocities of the aortic pressure wave. Med Biol Eng. 1973;11(6):678–690
  31. Kouchoukos NT, Sheppard LC, McDonald DA, Kirklin JW. Estimation of stroke volume from the central arterial pressure contour in postoperative patients. Surg Forum. 1969;20:180–182
  32. Kouchoukos NT, Sheppard LC, McDonald DA. Estimation of stroke volume in the dog by a pulse contour method. Circ Res. 1970;26(5):611–623
  33. McDonald DA. Hemodynamics. Annu Rev Physiol. 1968;30:525–556

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doi: 10.1016/j.artres.2007.08.002

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