Control aspects of left ventricular wall thickness in pressure overload left ventricular hypertrophy

摘要

A negative feedback control model was developed to predict left ventricular (LV) wall thickness growth over a long time period following the elevation of peak systolic pressure to prescribed values. Time series plots, phase plots and delay maps were obtained for both wall thickness growth with and without delay. LV wall thickness steady-state values were found to change proportionally to the peak systolic pressure.