Cardiac Energetics in Presence of Lung Assist Devices: In Silico Study
Open Access
- 1 January 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. in Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Material Science
- Vol. 06 (03), 41-57
- https://doi.org/10.4236/mnsms.2016.63005
Abstract
The treatment with a mechanical ventilator is required whenever a patient’s respiratory system becomes unable to keep the concentrations of O2 and CO2 in blood at tolerable levels. However, in particular cases, the thoracic artificial lung (TAL) can be regarded as a viable alternative to mechanical ventilation (MV). We aim at studying the effects of mechanical ventilators and thoracic artificial lungs devices will have on the cardiovascular system. We will give careful consideration to cardiovascular energetic parameters, such as left and right ventricular external work, pressure-volume area, and cardiac mechanical efficiency. We simulated both, mechanically ventilated patients who are not subject to the application of an artificial lung and patients who are provided with a thoracic artificial lung (TAL). In the case of a thoracic artificial lung, we involved in our simulation studies all the usual operating modes of a TAL, viz. series mode, parallel mode, and hybrid mode of the TAL with regard to the native lung. In particular, the presented simulation results will contribute to elucidate the specific characteristics of each of the aforementioned operating modes. Generally, the energetic variables are influenced by different values of input TAL resistance in both modes: parallel and in series. In this paper, we concentrated on simulation studies of the effects evoked by TAL assistance on cardiac energetic and some other important circulatory parameters. The simulation results presented show that at all modes of TAL assistance exists a strong dependency on the TAL input variables and on the value of the mean intrathoracic pressure which has been assumed for a given situation.Keywords
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