Control of Whole Heart Geometry by Intramyocardial Mechano-Feedback: A Model Study
Figure 5
Reconstruction of cardiac wall geometry by mechano-sensing.
A large number (10,000) of random increments of structural parameters was induced in all cardiac walls. In each wall, information about mechanical load of the tissue was obtained from 8 locally sensed variables (Table 2). With this information, best estimates were made of the originally induced increments. For the 3 structural parameters (vertical) and 5 walls (horizontal) reconstructed increment is plotted as a function of original increment. Numbers in the graphs indicate correlation coefficients.