Blood flow dynamics in saccular aneurysm models of the basilar artery

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 516-526

  Valencia, Alvaro A ^a   Guzmán, Amador M ^b   Finol, Ender A ^c   Amon, Cristina H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Intracranial aneurysm; Non Newtonian fluid; Pressure; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DOMES; GROWTH KINETICS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PATIENT TREATMENT; PRESSURE; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BASILAR ARTERY; EVENTUAL RUPTURE; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID;

HEMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW; DIASTOLE; PRESSURE; PULSATILE FLOW; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; SYSTOLE;

BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33746918704     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2205377     Document Type: Article

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