Critical issues in studies of flow through the Fontan circuit after 10 years of investigation

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2005, Pages 68-73

  Grigioni, Mauro ^a   D'Avenio, Giuseppe ^a   Del Gaudio, Costantino ^a   Morbiducci, Umberto ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Hydraulic power loss; Particle image velocimetry; Total cavopulmonary connection

Indexed keywords

ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CALCULATION; CAVA VEIN; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHANTOM; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PULMONARY ARTERY;

EID: 27744465974     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951105001678     Document Type: Article

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