Two-dimensional dynamic simulation of platelet activation during mechanical heart valve closure

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1519-1534

  Krishnan, S ^a   Udaykumar, H S ^a   Marshall, J S ^a   Chandran, K B ^a  

^a IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

Bi leaflet Valve; Cartesian Grid; Platelet Activation; Vortex Interaction

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; CARTESIAN GRID; CARTESIAN MESH; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW ANALYSIS; FLOW COMPUTATION; FLOW SOLVER; FLUID FORCES; HEMODYNAMIC FORCES; JET FLOW; LAGRANGIAN PARTICLES; MECHANICAL HEART VALVE CLOSURE; MECHANICAL HEART VALVES; MECHANICAL VALVES; MESH ADAPTATION; MESH REFINEMENT; PIVOT POINT; PLATELET ACTIVATION; POINT PARTICLE; RESIDENCE TIME; ROTATING FLOW; SHEAR LAYER; THROMBUS FORMATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY; VALVE CLOSURE; VORTEX INTERACTIONS;

HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; HOUSING; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

PLATELETS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOSIS;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PLATELET ACTIVATION; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34447311837     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-006-9194-5     Document Type: Article

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