Nature optimizes the swirling flow in the human left ventricle

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2005, Pages

  Pedrizzetti, Gianni ^a,b   Domenichini, Federico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PROLATE SPHEROID GEOMETRY; VALVULAR REPLACEMENT;

BLOOD; CARDIOLOGY; DISEASES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BODY FLUIDS;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HEART; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

HEART; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 27144481967     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.108101     Document Type: Article

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