Figure 2.
The electric analogue of the cardiovascular system. R, L and C denote resistance, inertance, and compliance, p and Q denote pressure and flow rate, MV, AV, TV, and PV are the mitral, aortic, tricuspid and pulmonary valves, subscripts la, lv, ra, and rv represent the left atrium and ventricle and the right atrium and ventricle, as, vs, ap, and vp are the systemic arteries, the systemic veins, the pulmonary arteries, and the pulmonary veins, and ref and m represent reference and model.