Flow patterns in the radiocephalic arteriovenous fistula: An in vitro study

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 915-925

  Sivanesan, S ^a   How, T V ^a   Black, R A ^a   Bakran, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haemodialysis; Haemodynamics; Shear stress; Turbulence; Vascular access

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; BLOOD VESSELS; DIALYSIS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW PATTERNS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; STEADY FLOW; STRESS ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE;

HEMODIALYSIS; LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY (LDA); PULSATILITY INDEX;

HEMODYNAMICS;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FLOW RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRESS;

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; AXILLARY VEIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; FOREARM; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICROSPHERES; OSCILLOMETRY; PULSATILE FLOW; RADIAL ARTERY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUTURES;

EID: 0032768013     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(99)00088-3     Document Type: Article

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