Title :
Effects of stimulation frequency and pulse train duration on skeletal muscle ventricle performance
Author :
Gustafson, Kenneth J. ; Sweeney, James D. ; Gibney, John ; Mathine, Lee Ann Fiebig ; Brandon, Tedd A.
Author_Institution :
Bioeng. Program, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA
fDate :
31 Oct-3 Nov 1996
Abstract :
The potential cardiac assistance obtained from skeletal muscle ventricles (SMVs) is dependent on optimizing SMV pumping performance. Stimulation frequency, pulse train duration and the number of stimuli delivered to the muscle effect SMV performance. Results indicate that for a fixed number of stimuli, there exists an optimum combination of stimulation frequency and pulse train duration for SMV ejection
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; cardiology; muscle; pacemakers; patient treatment; cardiac assistance; latissimus dorsi; number of stimuli; pulse train duration effect; pumping performance optimization; skeletal muscle ventricle performance; stimulation frequency effect; Biomedical engineering; Blood; Contracts; Electrical stimulation; Fatigue; Frequency; Heart beat; Immune system; Muscles; Wrapping;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3811-1
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1996.652836
