Dynamic modelling of prosthetic chorded mitral valves using the immersed boundary method

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 613-626

  Watton, P N ^a   Luo, X Y ^a   Wang, X ^b   Bernacca, G M ^a   Molloy, P ^a   Wheatley, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Chordae; Fluid structure interactions; Immersed boundary; Mitral valve; Prosthetic heart valve; Static and dynamic simulations

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CHORDAE; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; IMMERSED BOUNDARY; MITRAL VALVES; PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES; STATIC AND DYNAMIC SIMULATIONS;

PROSTHETICS;

AORTA PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTATION; FLUID FLOW; GEOMETRY; HEMODYNAMICS; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; PULSATILE FLOW; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33846293260     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.01.025     Document Type: Article

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