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A coupling model of left ventricle and arterial system

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A simple left ventricular model and a systemic arterial model of a tapered tube with eight branches are used in this paper which are combined into a mathematical coupling model of heart and arterial system to study the interaction of the heart and the arterial system.

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Zhaorong, L., Yongsheng, Z. A coupling model of left ventricle and arterial system. Acta Mech Sinica 5, 285–292 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02487991

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