Image-based computational fluid dynamics: A new paradigm for monitoring hemodynamics and atherosclerosis

Current Drug Targets - Cardiovascular and Haematological Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-197

  Steinman, David A ^a  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BATIMASTAT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG MECHANISM; GEOMETRY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHEAR STRESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC;

EID: 2442547202     PISSN: 15680061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1568006043336302     Document Type: Review

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