Numerical study on the pulsatile flow characteristics of proximal anastomotic models

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 219, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 361-379

  Chua, L P ^a   Zhang, J M ^a   Yu, S C M ^a   Ghista, D N ^a   Tan, Y S ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Numerical simulation; Proximal anastomosis; Pulsatile flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; VORTEX FLOW; BLOOD VESSELS; FACINGS; FLOW SEPARATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; SURGERY;

OSCILLATION SHEAR INDEX (OSI); PROXIMAL ANASTOMOSIS; WALL SHEAR STRESS GRADIENTS (WSSG);

HEMODYNAMICS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL);

DISTAL ANASTOMOSIS; FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; INDICATOR FUNCTIONS; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS; OSCILLATION SHEAR INDICES; PHYSIOLOGICAL FLOW; PROXIMAL ANASTOMOSIS; SEPARATION REGIONS;

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRENGTH;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ARTERIOVENOUS ANASTOMOSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 27744527262     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: 09544119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095441105X34338     Document Type: Article

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