The relative effects of arterial curvature and lumen diameter on wall shear stress distributions in human right coronary arteries

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2531-2544

  Johnston, Barbara M ^a   Johnston, Peter R ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

ARTERIAL CURVATURE; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIAC CYCLE; WALL SHEAR STRESS MAGNITUDE (WSS);

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SHEAR STRESS;

BLOOD VISCOSITY; CORONARY VESSELS; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 34249061778     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/9/013     Document Type: Article

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