Passive and active ventricular elastances of the left ventricle

• Main Authors: Zhong, Liang, Ghista, Dhanjoo N, Ng, Eddie Yin Kwee, Lim, Soo Teik
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: elasticity; Cardiovascular
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82754; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40346
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: Description of the heart as a pump has been dominated by models based on elastance and compliance. Here, we are presenting a somewhat new concept of time-varying passive and active elastance. The mathematical basis of time-varying elastance of the ventricle is presented. We have defined...