Table 1 Parameters used in modeling
Heart rate (HR) (beats/min) | 160 | ||
Duration of cardiac cycle (T c) (ms) | 375 | ||
Time to end systole (T es) (ms) | RV: 136 | RA: 56 | LA: 56 |
End-systolic elastance (E es) (mmHg/ml) | RV: 8.5 | RA: 7.35 | LA: 7.35 |
Scaling factor of EDPVR (A) (mmHg) | RV: 0.9 | RA: 0.17 | LA: 0.17 |
Exponent for EDPVR (B) (ml−1) | RV: 0.062 | RA: 0.484 | LA: 0.484 |
Unstressed volume (V 0) (ml) | RV: 4 | RA: 1 | LA: 1 |
Valvular resistance (forward) (mmHg s ml−1) | Pulmonary: 0.0004 | Tricupsid: 0.00004 | |
Resistance (mmHg s ml−1) | ASD: 0.001 | ||
Index of pure viscous effects (k 1) [mmHg (l/s)−1 mm4] | Shunt: 5.76 × 104 | ||
Index of convective acceleration (k 2) [mmHg (l/s)−2 mm4] | Shunt: 1.87 × 107 | ||
Arterial resistance (R a) (mmHg s ml−1) | Systemic (s): 3.83 | Pulmonary (p): 0.63 | |
Characteristic impedance (R c) (mmHg s ml−1) | Systemic (s): 0.20 | Pulmonary (p): 0.028 | |
Venous resistance (R v) (mmHg s ml−1) | Systemic (s): 0.083 | Pulmonary (p): 0.011 | |
Arterial capacitance (C a) (ml/mmHg) | Systemic (s): 0.50 | Pulmonary (p): 0.31 | |
Venous capacitance (C v) (ml/mmHg) | Systemic (s): 4.39 | Pulmonary (p): 0.89 |