Simulation of left atrial function using a multi-scale model of the cardiovascular system.

During a full cardiac cycle, the left atrium successively behaves as a reservoir, a conduit and a pump. This complex behavior makes it unrealistic to apply the time-varying elastance theory to characterize the left atrium, first, because this theory has known limitations, and second, because it is s...

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Main Authors: Antoine Pironet, Pierre C Dauby, Sabine Paeme, Sarah Kosta, J Geoffrey Chase, Thomas Desaive
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/765c748bcea24f2587c1d09665a97e9c
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