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Matching between Right Ventricle and Pulmonary Bed

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Ventricular/Vascular Coupling

Abstract

The concept of ventricle-load matching may create new insight into ventricular vascular coupling. The term “matching” is borrowed from the engineering sciences, where it means the load conditions under which a power generator yields maximum output power to the load. For example, an electrical battery connected to a load resistor achieves maximum output power when the load resistance equals the internal battery resistance. The efficiency of the source-load system will be 50%, that is, half the energy drawn from the battery will be developed as heat in the battery itself by energy loss in the source resistance.

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    Frank C. P. Yin

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Piene, H. (1987). Matching between Right Ventricle and Pulmonary Bed. In: Yin, F.C.P. (eds) Ventricular/Vascular Coupling. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8634-6_8

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