An assessment of ductus venosus tapering and wave transmission from the fetal heart

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 509-517

  Hellevik, Leif Rune ^a   Vierendeels, J ^b   Kiserud, T ^c,d   Stergiopulos, N ^c   Irgens, F ^a   Dick, E ^b   Riemslagh, K ^b   Verdonck, P ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ductus venosus; Reflection; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

WAVE TRANSMISSION;

DIAMETER RATIO; DUCTUS VENOSUS; EARLY PREGNANCY; FETAL HEART; FLOW PULSATION; LUMPED MODELS; OUTLET FLOWS; PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; PRESSURE PULSATION; TAPERED GEOMETRY;

WAVE PROPAGATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART; HEART; HEART ATRIUM; HEART FORAMEN OVALE; HEART VENTRICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESSURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UMBILICAL VEIN; VASCULARIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; FETUS; FORAMEN OVALE; HEART; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREGNANCY; PRESSURE; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 71249131578     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-009-0155-4     Document Type: Article

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