Elastic properties of arteries and their influence on the cardiovascular system.
Pressure-volume relations of aorta and arteries are considered using a fiber-fluid continuum analysis. A Windkessel model is revised to investigate the effects of the exponential pressure-volume relation of the present study on the cardiovascular system. It is shown that the elastic properties of the fibers in large blood vessels play an important role in the circulation of blood in health and in disease.
D001158:Arteries / Q000502:physiology*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002302:Cardiac Output; D004548:Elasticity; D006339:Heart Rate; D006439:Hemodynamics; D008433:Mathematics; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular