Circulatory System Modeling  

Do you know that the blood flows as waves and gets reflected at various junctions and organs? There is a forward-moving wave and backward moving wave in our body. Why do we have 120/80 as the normal blood pressure and not some other value?

Our researcher Krishna studied this and more. Pressure and flow waves carry valuable information regarding the physical properties of the system, which are helpful in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. We all have a pulse, but many artificial hearts have no pulse. With a sophisticated mathematical model, Krishna explored the effect of artificial hearts with no pulse. What happens when some arteries shut off in the brain due to old age?

Can the surgeon explore alternatives and know the effect beforehand?

Krishna came to the conclusion that pressures are higher with artificial hearts and suggested that intermittent pulse will reduce the pressure.