Numerical investigation of the haemodynamics at a patched arterial bypass anastomosis

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 393-401

  Cole, J S ^a   Watterson, J K ^a   O'Reilly, M J G ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofluid mechanics; Bypass graft anastomosis; Haemodynamics; Intimal hyperplasia; Numerical; Taylor patch

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAFTS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; SURGERY;

ANASTOMOTIC FLOW;

HEMODYNAMICS;

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GEOMETRY; HEMODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SYSTOLE; VEINS;

EID: 0036062667     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(02)00038-3     Document Type: Article

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