Three-dimensional simulation of the Blalock-Taussig shunt using computational fluid dynamics

Surgery Today

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 688-694

  Song, Min Ho ^a   Sato, Masaru ^b   Ueda, Yuichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Research Center of Computational Mechanics Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Energy loss; Modified Blalock Taussig shunt; Simulation; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; BLALOCK TAUSSIG ANASTOMOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SHEAR STRESS;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULMONARY ARTERY; RHEOLOGY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0034886415     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005950170071     Document Type: Article

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