Neonatal aortic arch hemodynamics and perfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Pekkan, Kerem ^a   Dur, Onur ^a   Sundareswaran, Kartik ^b   Kanter, Kirk ^c   Fogel, Mark ^d   Yoganathan, Ajit ^a   Ündar, Akif ^e  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^e PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D FLOW FIELDS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS; ANIMAL MODELS; AORTIC ARCHES; BASELINE CONDITIONS; BLOOD DAMAGES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITIES; CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASSES; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGNS; FLOW CONDITIONS; HARDWARE DESIGNS; HEART SURGERIES; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; IN-VIVO; INLET FLOWS; JET FLOWS; LOW VELOCITIES; MECHANICAL LOADINGS; OPTIMIZATION STUDIES; PARAMETER MODELS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PEAK FLOWS; PEDIATRIC PATIENTS; PERFUSION FLOWS; POWER LOSSES; PRESSURE WAVEFORMS; PULSATILITY; SECOND ORDERS; WALL SHEAR STRESSES;

ARCHES; BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; BREAKWATERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEMODYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; THEOREM PROVING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; THORACIC AORTA;

AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 56549100758     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2978988     Document Type: Article

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