Computational modeling of LDL and albumin transport in an in vivo CT image-based human right coronary artery

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Sun, Nanfeng ^a   Torii, Ryo ^a   Wood, Nigel B ^a   Hughes, Alun D ^b   Thom, Simon A M ^b   Xu, X Yun ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial mass transport; Atherosclerosis; Right coronary artery; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL REACTIONS; ARTERIAL WALL; ATHEROGENESIS; BLOOD FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; CONVECTION DIFFUSION; CT IMAGE; DARCY'S LAW; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HUMAN RIGHTS; IN-VIVO; INTERFACE CONDITIONS; LAYERED MODEL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS; MACROMOLECULAR TRANSPORT; MASS BALANCE; MASS TRANSPORT; MASS TRANSPORT MODEL; PULSATILITY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; TIME-AVERAGED; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES; TRANSPORT PARAMETERS; WALL LAYERS; WALL MODEL; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER CRIME; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUIDS; HEART; HEMODYNAMICS; MACROMOLECULES; MASS TRANSFER; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; STEADY FLOW; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ALBUMIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; ALBUMINOID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; HUMAN; LIPID TRANSPORT; MALE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PULSATILE FLOW; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SHEAR STRESS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ALBUMINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRENGTH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 63449090407     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3005161     Document Type: Article

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