Numerical simulation of the dynamics of a bileaflet prosthetic heart valve using a fluid-structure interaction approach

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2539-2550

  Nobili, Matteo ^a   Morbiducci, Umberto ^b   Ponzini, Raffaele ^c   Del Gaudio, Costantino ^d   Balducci, Antonio ^d   Grigioni, Mauro ^d   Maria Montevecchi, Franco ^b   Redaelli, Alberto ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c CILEA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular biofluid mechanics; Computer modelling; Dynamic analysis; Finite volume method; Fluid structure interaction; Parallel processing; Prosthetic heart valve

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FLUIDS; HEMODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; THEOREM PROVING; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

(E ,3E) PROCESS; (I ,J) CONDITIONS; BILEAFLET; CARDIAC OUTPUT (CO); COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD); COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; ELSEVIER (CO); EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL SET UPS; FINITE-VOLUME METHOD (FVM); FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION (FSI); IN-SILICO; IN-VITRO; LINEAR SCALING; MECHANICAL HEART VALVES; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PARALLEL COMPUTING; PARALLEL PERFORMANCE; PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES; ULTRA-FAST;

HEART VALVE PROSTHESES;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER MODEL; COST; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; GEOMETRY; HEART OUTPUT; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MITRAL VALVE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SYSTOLE; VALIDATION STUDY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS;

EID: 48149108571     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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