• DocumentCode
    42349
  • Title

    Intracardiac Pressure - Volume Diagrams and Their Links with Thermodynamics [Retrospectroscope]

  • Author

    Valentinuzzi, Max E. ; Bonomini, Maria P. ; Arini, Pedro D.

  • Author_Institution
    Investigator Emeritus CONICET, San Miguel de Tucum??n, 1360, Argentina
  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Nov.-Dec. 2014
  • Firstpage
    48
  • Lastpage
    56
  • Abstract
    The main objective of this column is to historically connect the pressure???volume diagram (PVD) of the heat mechanical engines and that of the heart???a natural chemical engine???both types being generators of useful work.
  • Keywords
    Energy consumption; Entropy; Pressure measurement; Steam engines; Thermodynamcis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Pulse, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    2154-2287
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MPUL.2014.2355321
  • Filename
    6955929