Modelling the heart
- Computer simulation of beating heart.
- © Alan Garfinkel - UCLA
Modelling of the heart has been extremely extensive and detailed. Complex 3D finite element models
exist which consider (amongst other things): fluid flow in elastic collapsible tubes (blood vessels);
the electrical activity and mechanics of the whole heart; and coronary by-pass grafts. A host of other
models have also been considered for specific modelling objectives (the simplest, and most common,
being equivalent to a constant flow central heating pump).
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