Pulsatile flow in the human left coronary artery bifurcation: Average conditions

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 74-82

  He, Xiaoyi ^a   Ku, David N ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMAN LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MYOCARDIAL SURFACES; SPECTRAL ELEMENT METHOD;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CALCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; MODEL; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRESS;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY VESSELS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0030087598     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2795948     Document Type: Article

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