Molecular viscosity distribution in the Left Coronary Artery tree

Computers in Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue , 2003, Pages 641-644

  Giannoglou, George D ^a,c   Soulis, J V ^b   Farmakis, T M ^a   Louridas, G E ^a  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASES; HEMODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; VISCOSITY;

CORONARY ARTERY (CA); CORONARY DISEASES; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING (LAD); VISCOSITY DISTRIBUTION;

CARDIOLOGY;

EID: 4143139989     PISSN: 02766574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/cic.2003.1291237     Document Type: Conference Paper

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