The effect of angle on wall shear stresses in a LIMA to LAD anastomosis: Numerical modelling of pulsatile flow

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

Volumn 220, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 743-757

  Freshwater, I J ^a   Morsi, Y S ^a   Lai, T ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Coronary artery; Haemodynamics; Intimal hyperplasia; Numerical modelling; Pulsatile flow

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEMODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; BLOOD VESSELS; FLOW PATTERNS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); NUMERICAL MODELS; OSCILLATING FLOW; SURGERY;

ANASTOMOTIC ANGLE; INTIMAL HYPERPLASIA; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING ARTERY; LEFT INTERIOR MAMARY ARTERY; OSCILLATORY SHEAR INDEX; WALL SHEAR DISTRIBUTION;

BIOMECHANICS; SHEAR FLOW;

ANASTOMOSIS; CORONARY ARTERIES; HAEMODYNAMICS; INTIMAL HYPERPLASIA; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING ARTERIES; OSCILLATORY SHEAR INDEX; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW ANALYSIS;

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HUMAN; MAMMARY ARTERY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRENGTH;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 33846273513     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM126     Document Type: Article

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