Flow mixing and fluid residence times in a model of a ventricular assist device

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 99-110

  Konig C S ^a   Clark, C ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD; Experimental validation; Fluid residence times; Mixing; Model; Moving boundaries; Unsteady flow; VAD

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; MEDICAL IMAGING; VORTEX FLOW;

VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE (VAD);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PRESSURE;

EID: 0034965946     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(01)00021-2     Document Type: Article

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