Simulation of the Frank-Starling Law of the Heart

Table 2

The recorded variables and their acronyms.

Aortic pressure	Ap
Atrial pressure	AtP
Maximal atrial pressure	ATP max
Minimal atrial pressure	ATP min
Cardiac output	CO
Ejection fraction of the ventricle	EF
End-diastolic volume	EDVV
End-systolic volume	ESVV
Isovolumic contraction time	ICT
Isovolumic relaxation time	IRT
Maximum velocity of ventricular contraction	dp/dt
Stroke volume	SV
Ventricular pressure	VP
Ventricle volume	VV
Time to peak (time from beginning of systole to peak ventricular pressure)	TtP