Flow parameters in normal left coronary artery tree. Implication to atherogenesis

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 628-636

  Soulis, Johannes V ^a   Giannoglou, George D ^b   Parcharidis, George E ^b   Louridas, George E ^b  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Computer modeling; Coronary circulation; Haemodynamics; LCA

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASES; HEMODYNAMICS; VISCOSITY;

ATHERONEGENESIS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY (LCA); WALL PRESSURE GRADIENT (WPG); WALL SHEAR STRESS GRADIENT (WSSG);

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMODYNAMICS; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOSITY;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 33947154847     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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