Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The Pump Function Graph

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Snapshots of Hemodynamics

  • 2666 Accesses

Abstarct

The heart is a pump that generates pressure and flow. It can be compared with other hydraulic pumps that are usually characterized by their head (pressure) – capacity (flow) curve. As an example consider a roller pump and make a pressure-flow relation by changing the load on the pump.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 109.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Elzinga G, Westerhof N. How to quantify pump function of the heart. Circ Res 1979;44:303–308.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Elzinga G, Westerhof N. Isolated cat trabeculae in a simulated feline heart and arterial system. Circ Res 1982;51:430–438.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Noble MIM. The cardiac cycle. 1979, Oxford & London, Blackwell.

    Google Scholar 

  4. Elzinga G, Westerhof N. The effect of an increase in inotropic state and end-diastolic volume on the pumping ability of the feline left heart. Circ Res 1978;42:620–628.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Elzinga G, Westerhof N. Pump function of the feline left heart: changes with heart rate and its bearing on the energy balance. Cardiovasc Res 1980;14:81–92.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Westerhof N. Cardio-vascular interaction determines pressure and flow. In: Biological Flows. MY Jaffrin, CG Caro Eds., 1995, New York, Plenum.

    Google Scholar 

  7. Elzinga G, Westerhof N. Workload as a determinant of ventricular hypertrophy. Cardiovasc Res 1985;19:524.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Westerhof N, O’Rourke MG. Haemodynamic basis for the development of left ventricular failure in systolic hypertension and for its logical therapy. J Hypertens 1995;13:943–952.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Rouleau JL, Roecker EB, Tendera M, Mohacsi P, Krum H, Katus HA, Fowler MB, Coats AJS, Castaigne A, Scherhag A, Holcslaw TL, Packer M. Influence of pretreatment systolic blood pressure on the effect of Carvedilol in patients with severe chronic heart failure (Copernicus study). J Am Coll Cardiol 2004;43:1423–1429.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. van den Horn GJ, Westerhof N, Elzinga G. Optimal power generation by the left ventricle. A study in the anesthetized open thorax cat. Circ Res 1985;56:252–261.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Departments of Physiology and Pulmonology ICaR-VU, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

    Nicolaas Westerhof

  2. Laboratory of Hemodynamics and Cardiovascular Technology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Nikolaos Stergiopulos

  3. Cardiovascular Medicine, Aberdeen University, Aberdeen, Scotland

    Mark I. M. Noble

Authors
  1. Nicolaas Westerhof
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Nikolaos Stergiopulos
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Mark I. M. Noble
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Nicolaas Westerhof .

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2010 Springer US

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Westerhof, N., Stergiopulos, N., Noble, M.I.M. (2010). The Pump Function Graph. In: Snapshots of Hemodynamics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6363-5_14

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6363-5_14

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA

  • Print ISBN: 978-1-4419-6362-8

  • Online ISBN: 978-1-4419-6363-5

  • eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation