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Adding Cerebral Autoregulation To A Lumped Parameter Model Of Blood Flow, Russell Gentile
Adding Cerebral Autoregulation To A Lumped Parameter Model Of Blood Flow, Russell Gentile
HIM 1990-2015
A mathematical model of blood flow in infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) was improved by adding cerebral autoregulation. This is the process by which blood vessels constrict or dilate to keep blood flow steady in certain organs during pressure changes. The original lumped parameter model transformed the fluid flow into an electrical circuit. Its behavior is described using a system of thirty-three coupled differential equations that are solved numerically using a fourth-order Runge-Kutta method implemented in MATLAB. A literature review that includes a discussion of autoregulation mechanisms and approaches to modeling them is followed by a description of …