Figure 4
From: Interactive simulator for e-Learning environments: a teaching software for health care professionals
Shows the possible TAL connections: parallel mode (upper panel), in series mode (central panel) and hybrid mode (lower panel) . In all connections TAL assistance takes blood from pulmonary artery. In parallel (in series) mode TAL ejects blood into left atrium (natural lung). Finally in hybrid connection TAL ejects blood in both natural lung and left atrium. In this last connection the amount of blood ejected into the natural lung depends from the value of resistance RTALpab (Figure 3).