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Lumped-Parameter and Finite Element Modeling of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
Published on: February 13, 2021
CADCS simulation of the closed-loop cardiovascular system
G Avanzolini1, P Barbini, A Cappello
1Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informatica e Sistemistica, University of Bologna, Italy.
Abstract:
A pulsatile simulator of the closed-loop cardiovascular system, designed to solve simulation, identification and control problems in a research and education context, is presented. Its implementation makes use of a command-driven interactive program for simulation of non-linear ordinary differential equations. The flexibility of the simulator is demonstrated by the results presented which refer to a basal steady-state circulatory condition as well as a transient induced by an abrupt change in peripheral resistance.
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