Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 530 views

    Physiology Cardiovascular Equations

    Uploaded by

    Samuel Pimienta Rodríguez
    The document provides equations for cardiovascular physiology including: 1) Conduction velocity which describes how fast an electrical impulse travels through cardiac tissue. 2) The Law of Laplace which relates pressure, wall thickness and radius in hollow structures like blood vessels. 3) Equations for stroke work, cardiac output, ejection fraction, and flow through tubes to describe basic cardiac function and hemodynamics.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOC, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Physiology Cardiovascular Equations

    Uploaded by

    Samuel Pimienta Rodríguez
    530 views2 pages
    The document provides equations for cardiovascular physiology including: 1) Conduction velocity which describes how fast an electrical impulse travels through cardiac tissue. 2) The Law of Laplace which relates pressure, wall thickness and radius in hollow structures like blood vessels. 3) Equations for stroke work, cardiac output, ejection fraction, and flow through tubes to describe basic cardiac function and hemodynamics.

    Original Description:

    Physiology cardiovascular equations

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOC, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    The document provides equations for cardiovascular physiology including: 1) Conduction velocity which describes how fast an electrical impulse travels through cardiac tissue. 2) The Law of Laplace which relates pressure, wall thickness and radius in hollow structures like blood vessels. 3) Equations for stroke work, cardiac output, ejection fraction, and flow through tubes to describe basic cardiac function and hemodynamics.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOC, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as doc, pdf, or txt
    530 views2 pages

    Physiology Cardiovascular Equations

    Uploaded by

    Samuel Pimienta Rodríguez
    The document provides equations for cardiovascular physiology including: 1) Conduction velocity which describes how fast an electrical impulse travels through cardiac tissue. 2) The Law of Laplace which relates pressure, wall thickness and radius in hollow structures like blood vessels. 3) Equations for stroke work, cardiac output, ejection fraction, and flow through tubes to describe basic cardiac function and hemodynamics.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOC, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as doc, pdf, or txt
    You are on page 1of 2

    Cardiovascular Equations

    Conduction Velocity:
    A d2V
    = ---- ----2RI dt2
    2

    = conduction velocity
    A = cross-sectional area
    R = resistance

    I = capacitance
    d2V/dt2 = second derivative
    of membrane voltage to time

    P = pressure
    H = wall thickness

    T = wall tension
    r = chamber radius

    Law of Laplace:
    2HT
    P = -----r
    Stroke Work:
    1
    SW = stroke work
    2
    SW = (Pafterload)(SV) + --- mv Pafterload = afterload pressure
    2
    mv2/2 = kinetic energy
    SV = stroke volume
    SW = (MAP)(SV)
    MAP = mean arterial pressure
    Efficiency:
    SW
    CE = ------QO2

    CE = cardiac efficiency
    SW = stroke work
    QO2 = oxygen consumption

    Cardiac Output:
    CO = HR (EDV ESV)
    CO = (HR)(SV)

    CO = cardiac output
    HR = heart rate
    EDV = end diastolic volume
    ESV = end systolic volume
    SV = stroke volume

    Ejection Fraction:
    EF = (EDV ESV)/EDV

    EF = ejection fraction
    ESV = end systolic volume
    EDV = end diastolic volume

    Flow through a tube:


    VF = vA

    VF = volumetric flow
    v = velocity
    A = cross-sectional area

    Darcys Law:
    MAP
    CO = ---------TPR

    CO = cardiac output
    MAP = mean arterial pressure
    TPR = total peripheral resistance

    Poiseuilles Law:
    8l
    R = -------r4

    R = resistance
    = viscosity
    l = tube length

    r = tube radius

    Reynolds Number:
    vD
    NRe = --------

    NRe = Reynolds number


    v = fluid velocity
    D = tube diameter

    = density
    = viscosity

    Vascular Compliance:
    C = compliance
    V = volume
    P = pressure

    C = V/P
    Organ Blood Flow:
    P
    Qi = ------Ri

    Qi = volumetric flow to organ i


    P = perfusion pressure
    Ri = resistance to organ i

    Solute Exchange:
    JS = PSS (CC-CI)

    JS = solute flux
    CC = [solute] in capillary
    PS = permeability coefficient CI = [solute] in interstitium
    S = capillary surface area for exchange

    Starling Equation:
    JF = LPS [(PC-PT)- (C-T)]

    JF = transcapillary flux
    LP = hydraulic conductivity
    = plasma protein reflection coefficient
    S = capillary surface area for exchange
    PC = capillary hydrostatic pressure
    PT = tissue hydrostatic pressure
    C = capillary oncotic pressure
    T = tissue oncotic pressure

    You might also like