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Table 2 Initial conditions used for our simulation

From: A dynamical model for heart remodeling during the two phases of pulmonary arterial hypertension

Right end-diastolic volume *

V dr 0=

120 ml

Left end-diastolic volume *

V dl 0=

135 ml

Cardiac frequency *

f c 0=

1.25 Hz (=75 bpm)

Right backflow resistance

\({\overline {R}_{\mathrm {r}}}_{0}\)

0.222 mmHg.s/ml

Left backflow resistance

\({\overline {R}_{\mathrm {l}}}_{0}\)

1.08 mmHg.s/ml

  1. Parameters with a “*” were extracted from the literature
  2. The initial flow Q cd 0=5.25 l/min is not an actual initial condition (because this is not a variable of our model) but is used for the computation of the right and left backflow resistances