title: The Heart: Pressure-Propulsion Pump or Organ of Impedance?
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY. Electronic address: bfurst@berk.com.
authors.forename: Branko
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Furst
mesh_terms: D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000502:physiology*; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D011312:Pressure
keywords: blood circulation; cardiac output control; impedance model; nonequilibrium systems; pressure-propulsion model