Streamlining fluid pathways lessens flow energy dissipation: Relevance to atriocavopulmonary connections

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 249-258

  Ascuitto, R J ^a   Kydon, D W ^b   Ross Ascuitto, N T ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy dissipation; Fontan anatomy; Pressure loss

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRESSURE;

BIOPHYSICS; BLOOD CIRCULATION; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 0042244247     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-002-0182-8     Document Type: Article

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