Helical flow as fluid dynamic signature for atherogenesis risk in aortocoronary bypass. A numeric study

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 519-534

  Morbiducci, Umberto ^a,d   Ponzini, Raffaele ^b,c   Grigioni, Mauro ^d   Redaelli, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c CILEA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherogenesis; Bypass graft; Computational fluid dynamics; Helicity; Intimal thickening; Vascular hemodynamics

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW PATTERNS; HEMODYNAMICS; OSCILLATIONS; SHEAR STRESS;

ATHEROGENESIS; BYPASS GRAFT; HELICITY; INTIMAL THICKENING; VASCULAR HEMODYNAMICS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EVALUATION; FLUID FLOW; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BIOMECHANICS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY VESSELS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEMORHEOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK;

EID: 33846397823     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.02.017     Document Type: Article

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