ANALYSIS OF LEFT VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIAL PROPERTIES

Abstract

This work centers around the analysis and quantification of myocardial perfusion, in which the cardiac parameters have been identified to quantify Myocardial Perfusion Index (MPI). The fundamental poroelastic behaviour has been analysed within the physiological range of cardiac parameters. An in-depth investigation of the myocardium behaviour is essential, and two factors that are desirable but complicate the analysis are: the myocardial structure element (fibrous soft tissue), undergoes cyclic deformation during each cardiac cycle and the myocardial fluid component (blood), undergoes variable rate of perfusion through the myocardial soft tissue.