Guyton Model: Heart Rate and Stroke Volume
Catherine
Lloyd
Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland
Model Status
This CellML model has not been validated. The equations in this file may contain errors and the output from the model may not
conform to the results from the MODSIM program. Due to the differences between procedural code (in this case C-code) and
declarative languages (CellML), some aspects of the original model were not able to be encapsulated by the CellML model
(such as the damping of variables). Work is underway to fix these omissions and validate the CellML model. We also anticipate
that many of these problems will be fixed when the CellML 1.0 models are combined in a CellML 1.1 format.
Model Structure
Arthur Guyton (1919-2003) was an American physiologist who became famous for his 1950s experiments in which he studied the physiology
of cardiac output and its relationship with the peripheral circulation. The results of these experiments challenged the conventional
wisdom that it was the heart itself that controlled cardiac output. Instead Guyton demonstrated that it was the need of the body
tissues for oxygen which was the real regulator of cardiac output. The "Guyton Curves" describe the relationship between right atrial
pressures and cardiac output, and they form a foundation for understanding the physiology of circulation.
The Guyton model of fluid, electrolyte, and circulatory regulation is an extensive mathematical model of human circulatory physiology,
capable of simulating a variety of experimental conditions, and contains a number of linked subsystems relating to circulation and its
neuroendocrine control.
This is a CellML translation of the Guyton model of the regulation of the circulatory system. The complete model consists of separate
modules each of which characterise a separate physiological subsystems. The Circulation Dynamics is the primary system, to which other
modules/blocks are connected. The other modules characterise the dynamics of the kidney, electrolytes and cell water, thirst and
drinking, hormone regulation, autonomic regulation, cardiovascular system etc, and these feedback on the central circulation model.
The CellML code in these modules is based on the C code from the programme C-MODSIM created by Dr Jean-Pierre Montani.
This particular CellML model describes the heart rate (HR) and stroke volume output (SVO) which are controlled by autonomic
stimulation (AUR), by a direct effect of right atrial pressure (PRA)on the sinus rhythm of the heart, and by an effect of any
degree of deterioration of the heart (HMD) on heart rate control.
model diagram
A systems analysis diagram for the full Guyton model describing circulation regulation.
model diagram
A schematic diagram of the components and processes described in the current CellML model.
There are several publications referring to the Guyton model. One of these papers is cited below:
Circulation: Overall Regulation, A.C. Guyton, T.G. Coleman, and H.J. Granger, 1972,
Annual Review of Physiology
, 34, 13-44. PubMed ID: 4334846
Guyton
Heart Rate and Stroke Volume
Description of Guyton heart rate and stroke volume module
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physiology
organ systems
cardiovascular circulation
heart rate and stroke volume
Guyton
The heart rate (HR) and stroke volume output (SVO) are controlled by
autonomic stimulation (AUR), by a direct effect of right atrial pressure (PRA)
on the sinus rhythm of the heart, and by an effect of any degree of deterioration
of the heart (HMD) on heart rate control.
Encapsulation grouping component containing all the components in the Heart Rate and Stroke Volume Model.
The inputs and outputs of the Heart Rate and Stroke Volume Model must be passed by this component.
HR1:
Calculation of the portion of the heart rate that is controlled by
autonomic stimulation. Autonomic input is the variable (AUR).
HR1:
Calculation of the portion of the heart rate that is controlled by
autonomic stimulation. Autonomic input is the variable (AUR).
HR1A, HR1B, and HR2:
Calculation of the portion of the heart rate that is controlled by direct
effect of changes in right atrial pressure (PRA) on the sinus nodal rhythm.
Block HR1B limits the effect to positive atrial pressure (PRA) values.
HR1A, HR1B, and HR2:
Calculation of the portion of the heart rate that is controlled by direct
effect of changes in right atrial pressure (PRA) on the sinus nodal rhythm.
Block HR1B limits the effect to positive atrial pressure (PRA) values.
HR4, HR5, and HR6:
Sensitivity control for the effect of any deterioration of heart function (HMD)
on heart rate. The sensitivity factor is the side input to Block HR5.
HR4, HR5, and HR6:
Sensitivity control for the effect of any deterioration of heart function (HMD)
on heart rate. The sensitivity factor is the side input to Block HR5.
HR3:
Calculation of a temporary value for heart rate based on the control effects
of autonomic stimulation and right atrial pressure.
HR7: Calculation of heart rate (HR) by multiplying the heart deterioration
multiplier effect (output from Block HR6) times the temporary basic heart rate
calculated from Block HR3.
HR3:
Calculation of a temporary value for heart rate based on the control effects
of autonomic stimulation and right atrial pressure.
HR7: Calculation of heart rate (HR) by multiplying the heart deterioration
multiplier effect (output from Block HR6) times the temporary basic heart rate
calculated from Block HR3.
HR8:
Calculation of stroke volume output (SVO) by dividing minute left ventricular output (QLO)
by heart rate (HR).
HR8:
Calculation of stroke volume output (SVO) by dividing minute left ventricular output (QLO)
by heart rate (HR).