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a VVES
wmin
cm3
cm
43,61
1.25
86,81
1.22
80,48
1.16
116,30
1.06
Left end-systolic Volume (cm3)
End diastolic wall thickness
s mmHg 94,39 109,20 106,21 124,70 Systolic ventricular wall stress
tIC s 0.11 0.13 0.15 0.10 Duration of the isometric contraction
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Figure 1 – PV loop for the three pathological cases: RD (a), [5].Colacino, F.M., et al. Asaio J, 2007. 53(3): p. 263-77.
IS (b), and RD+IS (c). [6].Guyton, A.C., et al., Circulatory Physiology: Cardiac Output and its Regulation. II ed. 1973: W.B. Saunders.