Dynamical modeling of systemic cardiovascular circulation

Vladimir Shusterman
University of Pittsburgh

The talk will:
1) give a short introduction into the physical structure of the cardiovascular
system and its most important components, the cardiac pump and the blood
vessels,
2) review some existing models of the cardiovascular system (the Windkessel
model and the transmission-line analog) and their applications,
3) introduce a step-function approach to modeling of the pressure waves,
4) discuss potential improvements, new emerging problems and applications.