Importance of accurate geometry in the study of the total cavopulmonary connection: Computational simulations and in vitro experiments

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 844-853

  Ryu, K ^a   Healy, T M ^a   Ensley, A E ^a   Sharma, S ^b   Lucas, C ^c   Yoganathan, A P ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Computational fluid dynamics; Energy loss; Single ventricle physiology; TCPC; Total cavopulmonary connection

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

PULMONARY ARTERY WALLS; SINGLE VENTRICLE PHYSIOLOGY; TOTAL CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION; VENA CAVAE;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FLOW KINETICS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEART BYPASS, RIGHT; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULMONARY ARTERY; RHEOLOGY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 0034747384     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.1408930     Document Type: Article

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