A MODEL OF THE MECHANICS OF THE LEFT-VENTRICLE
A MODEL OF THE MECHANICS OF THE LEFT-VENTRICLE
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DOI:
10.1007/bf02364118
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
VEENSTRA, PC
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作者:
ARTS, T;RENEMAN, RS;VEENSTRA, PC
The relation between cardiac muscle mechanics and left ventricular (LV) pump function is simulated by a mathematical model. Special attention is paid to the relation between LV pressure and LV volume and the transmural distribution of sarcomere length and fiber stress on the other. The LV is simulated by a thick-walled cylinder composed of 8 concentric shells. The myocardial material is assumed to be anisotropic. The orientation and sequential activation of the muscle fibers across the LV wall are considered per shell. Twisting of the base with respect to the apex around the axis of the LV is simulated by rotation of the upper cross-sectional surface of the cylinder with respect to the lower one around the axis of the cylinder. Twisting of the LV is an important means to equalize transmural differences in sarcomere shortening and end-systolic fiber stress. When torsion is allowed transmural differences in sarcomere shortening and end-systolic fiber stress are < 18 and 16%, respectively. When torsion is prevented, as in most of the models of LV-mechanics, these transmural differences increase up to 32 and 42%, respectively.