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\\And cannot be disputed)  \end{quote}  \end{quote}  \textit{Wave separation, wave intensity, the reservoir-wave concept, and the instantaneous wave-free ratio' ratio  (2015) N Westerhof, P Segers and BE Westerhof, Hypertension, DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.115.05567 } This paper by three distinguished workers in the field of cardiovascular mechanics, concludes that both the reservoir pressure and instantaneous wave-free ratio are '... both physically incorrect, and should be abandoned'. These are very strong conclusions which, if they were opinions could only be debated. Reading the paper in detail, however, reveals that it contains numerous factual errors in their discussion of these two entities. Since facts are different from opinions, I believe that it is essential that these errors be corrected before they gain credence by repetition. 

(A note on notation: In their paper they use RWC to refer to the reservoir wave concept whereas we tend to use 'reservoir wave hypothesis'. As a convenient compromise I will use the abbreviation Pr for reservoir pressure except when quoting from their paper when I will us their notation $P_{res}$. We both use the abbreviation iFR for the instantaneous wave-free ratio.