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A simulation of human heart function.

W T Hanna
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A simulation of the function of the human heart and heart muscle has been developed in the form of a digital computer code. For a given set of values for the input variables, realistic values of the cardiac output variables are predicted. A detailed discussion of the simulation and some results obtained from its application are presented. This simulation represents a unique combination of what was known in muscle mechanics, muscle thermodynamics, and of the structure, size, and shape of the heart, into an engineering model to improve the understanding of human heart muscle function. The left ventricle (LV) is treated as a thick-walled sphere whose wall is composed entirely of muscle fibers. Force-length velocity relationships are used to determine the tension in each fiber. The pressure in the LV is computed from fiber tension and fiber structure in the LV. A lumped-parameter simulation of the arterial tree provides a load impedance for the LV. Results are presented for simulation of normal human LV performance.

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W T Hanna. 1973. A simulation of human heart function.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0006-3495(73)86011-4

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