In vitro flow analysis of a patient-specific intraatrial total cavopulmonary connection

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2094-2102

  De Zélicourt, Diane A ^b   Pekkan, Kerem ^b   Wills, Lisa ^b   Kanter, Kirk ^b   Forbess, Joseph ^b   Sharma, Shiva ^b   Fogel, Mark ^b   Yoganathan, Ajit P ^a  

^a Emory University   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BLOOD VESSEL; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW KINETICS; HEART ATRIUM; LUNG PERFUSION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART BYPASS, RIGHT; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 20444412747     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.12.052     Document Type: Article

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