A numerical fluid mechanical study of repaired congenital heart defects. Application to the total cavopulmonary connection

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 111-121

  Dubini, G ^a   De Leval, M R ^a   Pietrabissa, Riccardo ^b   Montevecchi, F M ^b   Fumero, R ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cavopulmonary connection; Computational fluid dynamics; Monoventricular circulation; Paediatric cardiac surgery

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEMODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION; CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS;

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY;

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030068248     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(95)00021-6     Document Type: Article

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