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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1976-5-25
pubmed:abstractText
Computer and mechanical models of the circulation have been made to study isotopic techniques of determining indices of myocardial blood flow. Parameters in the program and dimensions in the mechanical model have been scaled to represent the human circulation. Single rapid injections of 131I labelled human serum albumen were given into the venous line of the mechanical model and records obtained from collimated scintillation detectors positioned over the heart, lung and brain. Similar injections and recordings were simulated in the computer model. Two indices of myocardial flow have been studied. The first, described by Mena et al. is the ratio of the half time of the downslope of the left ventricular curve to the half time of the downslope of the brain curve. This index distinguished myocardial flows of 0,5% and 10% of total cardiac output but was also affected by changes in cerebral flow. A new index is proposed in which the half time of the left ventricular curve downslope is related to the half time of the downslope of the lung curve. This index can distinguish myocardial flows of 0,5% and 10% total flow but is not affected by changes in cerebral flow.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0340-0964
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
175-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2000-12-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1975
pubmed:articleTitle
A computer model and a mechanical model of the circulation and their use in the evaluation of indices of myocardial blood flow.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article