title: Modeling and simulation of the cardiovascular system: a review of applications, methods, and potentials.
abstract: Proper function of the cardiovascular system is indispensible to human survival. However, this system is dominated by complex interactions between different physiological processes and control mechanisms. A structured analysis and a mathematical description of this system can provide more insight, and a computer-based simulation of dynamic processes in the cardiovascular system could be applied in numerous tasks. This article gives a review of different approaches to cardio-circulatory modeling and discusses methodological aspects and fields of application for several classes of models.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Regelungstechnik, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany. A.Brunberg@ir.trwth-aachen.de
authors.forename: Anja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brunberg
authors.forename: Stefanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heinke
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Spillner
authors.forename: Rüdiger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Autschbach
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Abel
authors.forename: Steffen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Leonhardt
mesh_terms: D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D002320:Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005246:Feedback; D006487:Hemostasis / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular