The proposed graphical method provides a simplified approach to estimate ventricular wall force and stress directly from pressure-volume diagrams.
A graphical method is proposed for assessment of ventricular wall circumferential total force and mean stress from the ventricular pressure-volume diagram. A family of force or stress isopleths are first drawn in the pressure-volume plane using a geometric model of the left ventricle and an appropriate version of the Laplace equation. A pressure-volume loop of the ventricle to be analyzed is then drawn in this pressure-volume plane. Total circumferential force in the ventricular wall or its mean circumferential stress can now be read directly from the intersections of the pressure-volume loop with the force or stress isopleths.
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