Investigation of spiral blood flow in a model of arterial stenosis

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1195-1203

  Paul, Manosh C ^a   Larman, Arkaitz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial stenosis; Blood flow modelling; Spiral blood flow; Swirl flow

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL STENOSIS; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW MODELLING; BLOOD VELOCITY; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS; FLOW DOWNSTREAM; HUMAN CIRCULATORY SYSTEMS; SPIRAL BLOOD FLOW; SPIRAL FLOW; SWIRL FLOW; TANGENTIAL COMPONENTS; TOTAL PRESSURE; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

BLOOD; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEMODYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENT FLOW;

ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PRESSURE; PULSATILE FLOW; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 70350389162     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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