title: Pressure-volume relation in the right ventricle.
abstract: The concept of body force (force/unit volume of muscle), which has been suggested as an explanation for the mechanical contraction of the left ventricle, is now applied to the right ventricle. The results indicate that the same mathematical formalism can be applied to a description of the pressure-volume relation and the ejection mechanism in both the right and left ventricles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Shoucri
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001794:Blood Pressure; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D013318:Stroke Volume; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right / Q000502:physiology*