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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2002 Nov;283(5):H2140–H2150. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00462.2002

Table 4.

Sign combinations of parameters in the sigmoidal model

Case Ppf + B C K2
1 + + +
2 +
3 +
4 +

Ppf, RV passive filling pressure. The impact of any individual sigmoidal parameter on the overall shape of the curve depends not only on its own value, but also on those taken by the other parameters. For comparability and consistent interpretation of changes in the sigmoidal model parameters, investigators must commit to one of the four parameter combination cases shown.