Pulsatile Flow Computational Simulations of Mitral Regurgitation

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 245-254

  Hopmeyer, J ^a   Wilkerson, P W ^a   Thorvig, K M ^a   Yoganathan, A P ^a   Levine, R A ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ORIFICES; PULSATILE FLOW;

FLOW CONVERGENCE METHOD; MITRAL REGURGITATION;

HEMODYNAMICS;

AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PULSATILE FLOW; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIAC OUTPUT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0032053885     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2798308     Document Type: Article

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