Evaluating the Hemodynamical Response of a Cardiovascular System under Support of a Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device via Numerical Modeling and Simulations

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The electric analogue of the cardiovascular system.𝑅,𝐿and𝐶denote resistance, inertance, and compliance,𝑝and𝑄denote pressure and flow rate, MV, AV, TV, and PV are the mitral, aortic, tricuspid and pulmonary valves, subscripts la, lv, ra, and rv represent the left atrium and ventricle and the right atrium and ventricle, as, vs, ap, and vp are the systemic arteries, the systemic veins, the pulmonary arteries, and the pulmonary veins, and ref and𝑚represent reference and model.