Simulation of cardiac motion on non-Newtonian, pulsating flow development in the human left anterior descending coronary artery

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 4875-4892

  Theodorakakos, A ^a   Gavaises, M ^b   Andriotis, A ^b   Zifan, A ^b   Liatsis, P ^b   Pantos, I ^c   Efstathopoulos, E P ^d   Katritsis, D ^c  

^a Fluid Research Company   (Greece)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Athens Euroclinic ^*  (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; FLOW RATE; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; HEALTH; HEMODYNAMICS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; REPAIR; RESTORATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTERIAL TREE; BLOOD FLOW DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD FLOW RATE; CARDIAC MOTIONS; CORONARY ARTERIES; GEOMETRY RECONSTRUCTION; HEART CYCLE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING; LINEAR INTERPOLATION; MEAN FLOWS; MYOCARDIAL MOTION; NON-NEWTONIAN; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; ON FLOW; PRESSURE PULSES; PROJECTION DATA; PULSATING FLOW; STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS;

TREES (MATHEMATICS);

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROMATOSIS; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; GEOMETRY; HEART CYCLE; HEART MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; PHANTOM; PREDICTION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; STEADY STATE; STENOSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; X RAY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; HEART; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MOVEMENT; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 51849126388     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/18/002     Document Type: Article

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