An electrical analogue of the entire human circulatory system Export

@article{citeulike:4669582, abstract = {Abstract  To study the human cardiovascular system an electrical analogue has been designed. This analogue consists of two parts: An active part, the heart; and a passive part, the vessels. A fourfold pulse generator represents the action of the heart. The various parameters such as heart rate, A.V. delay, duration of systole and diastole, contraction speed and contraction force can be varied within physiological limits. The vessels have been considered as linear systems with differential equations like those of an electrical transmission line and are represented by about 600 lumped sections. Results obtained with the analogue have been compared with measurementsin vivo. It appears that the analogue is a good representation of the actual circulatory system. The analogue is used as a research tool, to study the contribution of the haemodynamic parameters and to investigate and diagnose the influence of cardiovascular defects.}, author = {de Pater, L. and van den Berg, Jw}, citeulike-article-id = {4669582}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02484215}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/qv756w77417j1843}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1007/BF02484215}, journal = {Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing}, month = {April}, number = {2}, pages = {161--166}, posted-at = {2009-05-28 21:15:02}, priority = {2}, title = {An electrical analogue of the entire human circulatory system}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02484215}, volume = {2}, year = {1964} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4669582 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4669582 N2 - Abstract  To study the human cardiovascular system an electrical analogue has been designed. This analogue consists of two parts: An active part, the heart; and a passive part, the vessels. A fourfold pulse generator represents the action of the heart. The various parameters such as heart rate, A.V. delay, duration of systole and diastole, contraction speed and contraction force can be varied within physiological limits. The vessels have been considered as linear systems with differential equations like those of an electrical transmission line and are represented by about 600 lumped sections. Results obtained with the analogue have been compared with measurementsin vivo. It appears that the analogue is a good representation of the actual circulatory system. The analogue is used as a research tool, to study the contribution of the haemodynamic parameters and to investigate and diagnose the influence of cardiovascular defects. IS - 2 JF - Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing EP - 166 TI - An electrical analogue of the entire human circulatory system VL - 2 SP - 161 AU - de Pater, L AU - van den Berg, Jw PY - 1964/04/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02484215 ER -