Study of six models of the instantaneous pressure-volume relationship

Models and simulations are very useful to study interactions between anatomic structures and physical cardiac phenomena. In this work, we are interested in models of the instantaneous pressure-volume relationship, i.e. isochrone models. More precisely, we concentrate on the 6 models considered by Lankhaar et al. [1]. We propose a critical analysis of the work of these authors and suggest some improvement of their procedure. [1] Lankhaar J.-W. et al. Modeling the Instantaneous Pressure–Volume Relation of the Left Ventricle: A Comparison of Six Models. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Volume 37, Number 9, 1710-1726, 2009.