Development and validation of a computational fluid dynamics methodology for simulation of pulsatile left ventricular assist devices

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 122-131

  Medvitz, Richard B ^a,b   Kreider, James W ^a   Manning, Keefe B ^a   Fontaine, Arnold A ^a   Deutsch, Steven ^a   Paterson, Eric G ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PULSATILE FLOW; VISCOSITY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

PHYSIOLOGIC FLOW WAVEFORMS; PISTON MOTION; PULSATILE LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES; VALVE CLOSURE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CIRCULATION; FLOW KINETICS; GEOMETRY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART BEAT; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; MITRAL VALVE; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR RATE; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE; VALIDATION STUDY;

AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MINERAL OIL; MITRAL VALVE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34247146434     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e31802f37dd     Document Type: Article

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