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From: Mathematical multi-scale model of the cardiovascular system including mitral valve dynamics. Application to ischemic mitral insufficiency

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Cardiovascular system model consisting of 6 cardiac chambers, vascular flow resistances, on/off heart valves and including ventricular interaction. The 6 cardiac chambers are the left ventricle (lv), the right (rv) ventricle, the vena cava (vc), the aorta (ao), the pulmonary artery (pa) and the pulmonary veins (pu). Systemic and pulmonary circulation flow resistances are R sys and R pul . The cardiac valves are modeled by a resistance (R mt , R ao , R tc and R pv ) and a diode. Inertia of the blood in the aorta and pulmonary artery are described by hydraulic inductances (L av and L pv , respectively).

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