title: Distensibility
text: # Distensibility
  
  Distensibility is a metric of the stiffness of blood vessels. It is defined as
  
  $D={\frac {d_{sys}-d_{dias}}{(p_{sys}-p_{dias})d_{dias}}}$,
  
  where $d_{sys}$ and $d_{dias}$ are the diameter of the vessel in systole and diastole, and $p_{sys}$and $p_{dias}$are the systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
  
  