A numerical study of blood flow in coronary artery bypass graft side-to-side anastomoses

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 599-611

  Bonert, Michael ^a,b   Myers, Jerry G ^a   Fremes, Stephen ^c   Williams, James ^a   Ethier, C Ross ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coronary bypass grafting; Hemodynamics; ITA grafts; Numerical modeling; Sequential grafts; Side to side anastomosis

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; HEMODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CORONARY ARTERY;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EQUIPMENT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTIMA; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 0035990847     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.1481052     Document Type: Article

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