The Use of Computational Flow Modeling (CFD) to Determine the Effect of Left Ventricular Shape on Blood Flow in the Left Ventricle

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 993-994

  Ge, Liang ^a   Ratcliffe, Mark ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BLOOD PUMP; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 62649141447     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.02.045     Document Type: Editorial

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