Interpreting Open- and Closed-Loop Transfer Relations Between Cardiorespiratory Parameters: Lessons Learned from a Computer Model of Beat-to-Beat Cardiovascular Regulation

P. Hammer; D. Litvack; J. P. Saul

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1636866

Methods of Information in Medicine, Table of Contents

Methods Inf Med 1997; 36(04/05): 237-240
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1636866

Original Article

Schattauer GmbH

Interpreting Open- and Closed-Loop Transfer Relations Between Cardiorespiratory Parameters: Lessons Learned from a Computer Model of Beat-to-Beat Cardiovascular Regulation

Authors

P. Hammer

¹Boston University, Children’s Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA
D. Litvack

¹Boston University, Children’s Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA
J. P. Saul

¹Boston University, Children’s Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA

Abstract

Abstract:

A computer model of cardiovascular control has been developed based on the response characteristics of cardiovascular control components derived from experiments in animals and humans. Results from the model were compared to those obtained experimentally in humans, and the similarities and differences were used to identify both the strengths and inadequacies of the concepts used to form the model. Findings were confirmatory of some concepts but contrary to some which are firmly held in the literature, indicating that understanding the complexity of cardiovascular control probably requires a combination of experiments and computer models which integrate multiple systems and allow for determination of sufficiency and necessity.

Keywords:

Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia - Computer Model - Blood Pressure Oscillations

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