Author/Editor		Podnar, T; Runovc, F; Kordaš, M
Title		Simulation of cardiovascular physiology: the diastolic function(s) of the heart
Type		članek
Source		Comput Biol Med
Vol. and No.		Letnik 32, št. 3
Publication year		2002
Volume		str. 363-77
Language		eng
Abstract		The cardiovascular system was simulated by using an equivalent electronic circuit. Four sets of simulations were performed. The basic variables investigated were cardiac output and stroke volume. They were studied as functions (i) of right ventricular capacitance and negative intrathoracic pressure; (ii) of left ventricular relaxation and of heart rate; and (iii) of left ventricle failure. It seems that a satisfactory simulation of systolic and diastolic functions of the heart is possible. Presented simulations improve our understanding of the role of the capacitance of both ventricles and of the diastolic relaxation in cardiovascular physiology.
Descriptors		HEART MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION DIASTOLE COMPUTER SIMULATION MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT SYSTOLE STROKE VOLUME CARDIAC OUTPUT