The Windkessel model revisited: A qualitative analysis of the circulatory system

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 581-588

  Tsanas, Athanasios ^a   Goulermas, John Y ^a   Vartela, Vassiliki ^b   Tsiapras, Dimitrios ^b   Theodorakis, Georgios ^b   Fisher, Antony C ^a   Sfirakis, Petros ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arterial pressure; Circulatory system; Mathematical model; Windkessel theory

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUTS; CIRCULATORY SYSTEM; COMPUTATIONAL MODELS; MODEL INPUTS; PATIENT SPECIFICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; WINDKESSEL MODELS; WINDKESSEL THEORY;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX; SMOKING; WINDKESSEL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD CIRCULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING;

EID: 67349109371     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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