A reduced model of the human arterial system

Author

Karamanoglu, M.

Author_Institution

Cardiovascular Biophys. Lab., Washington Univ. Sch. of Med., St. Louis, MO, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

1234

Abstract

In order to explain the wide variety of wave shapes and impedance patterns in humans, a reduced model of the human arterial system is proposed. As opposed to T-tube models constructed for other species, in this modified T-tube model of the human arterial tree the lower element of the T further bifurcates into two circulations, one to the splanchnic bed and the other to the lower limb. This model accurately reproduced experimental findings and can be used to obtain realistic impedance patterns and possible stroke volumes from measurements of arterial pressure waveforms along the tree.

Keywords

blood vessels; cardiovascular system; haemodynamics; physiological models; arterial pressure waveforms; human arterial system reduced model; impedance patterns; lower limb; modified T-tube model; splanchnic bed; stroke volumes; two circulations; wave shapes; Bifurcation; Biophysics; Cardiology; Humans; Impedance; Laboratories; Reflection; Shape; Sugar; Transfer functions;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7612-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1106364

Filename

1106364