MATCHING MODELS OF LEFT-VENTRICLE AND SYSTEMIC ARTERY

To reveal how the matching models of the left ventricle and its afterl oad affect the pressure and flow in the aortic root, the differences b etween the measured pressure and flow waveforms and those determined b y three kinds of matching model were compared. The results showed that , compared with the results by both matching models 1 and 2, the press ure and flow waveforms determined by matching model 3 established in t his work were in the closest agreement with the corresponding experime ntal waveforms, therefore indicating that matching model 3 was a match ing model that closely and rationally characterized the match between the left ventricle and the systemic artery.