Blood damage safety of prosthetic heart valves. Shear-induced platelet activation and local flow dynamics: A fluid-structure interaction approach

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1952-1960

  Morbiducci, Umberto ^a   Ponzini, Raffaele ^b   Nobili, Matteo ^c   Massai, Diana ^a   Montevecchi, Franco Maria ^a   Bluestein, Danny ^d   Redaelli, Alberto ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Consorzio Interuniversitario Lombardo per l'Elaborazione e l'Automazione ^*  (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d St Francis Hospital The Heart Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood damage model; Fluid structure interaction; Lagrangian analysis; Mechanical heart valve; Platelet activation; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

BLOOD DAMAGE MODEL; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL HEART VALVE; PLATELET ACTIVATION; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; BLOOD; BLOOD SUBSTITUTES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESES; CELL MEMBRANES; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FLUIDS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; HEMODYNAMICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANISMS; SAFETY VALVES; VORTICITY;

PLATELETS;

ARTICLE; HEART CYCLE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEAR STRESS; SYSTOLE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION;

BIOMECHANICS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; PLATELET ACTIVATION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REPERFUSION; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 68149161782     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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