Patent ID: 8295907

Claim:
A computational system to determine the dynamics of a left ventricle continuously over consecutive cardiac cycles, wherein said system comprises: a complex circulatory model integrated with a finite element model, wherein the system includes the following elements that interact between the finite element model and the complex circulatory model: (a) means for determining a LV pressure (p lv ) using the complex circulatory model to determine an input (p lv ) for the finite element model; (b) means for using the LV pressure (p lv ) as input for the finite element model and determining a LV volume (v lv ); (c) means for computing a LV elastance (e lv ) by dividing p lv by v lv ; (d) means for driving the complex circulatory model with the e lv ; and (e) means for returning to determining the LV pressure in step (a) and beginning a next iteration, wherein time steps continue at a sufficient time resolution for a desired number of entire cardiac cycles.