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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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/765c748bcea24f2587c1d09665a97e9c |
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