A Lumped Parameter Model for Cardiac Output Estimation Using Arterial Blood Pressure Waveform.

Abstract

This paper investigates a subject-specific lumped parameter cardiovascular model for estimating Cardiac Output (CO) using the radial Arterial Blood Pressure (ABP) waveform. The model integrates a simplified model of the left ventricle along with a linear third order model of the arterial tree and generates reasonably accurate ABP waveforms along with the Dicrotic Notch (DN). Non-linear least square optimization technique is used to obtain uncalibrated estimates of cardiovascular parameters. Thermodilution CO measurements have been used to evaluate the CO estimation accuracy. The model achieves less than 15% normalized error across 10 subjects with different shapes of ABP waveform.