Analysis of blood flow in the entire coronary arterial tree

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 289, Issue 1 58-1, 2005, Pages

  Mittal, N ^a   Zhou, Y ^b   Linares, C ^a   Ung, S ^a   Kaimovitz, B ^a   Molloi, S ^c   Kassab, G S ^a,d  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary morphometry; Flow resistance; Flow simulation; Transit time; Vascular reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CAPILLARY BLOOD; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GEOMETRY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MASS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CIRCULATION TIME; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SWINE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 21644472528     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00730.2004     Document Type: Article

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