Vortex formation and recirculation zones in left anterior descending artery stenoses: Computational fluid dynamics analysis

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1395-1411

  Katritsis, D G ^a,b   Theodorakakos, A ^c   Pantos, I ^a,d   Andriotis, A ^c   Efstathopoulos, E P ^d   Siontis, G ^b   Karcanias, N ^e   Redwood, S ^b   Gavaises, M ^e  

^a Athens Euroclinic ^*  (Greece)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Fluid Research   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL MODEL; CARDIAC CYCLES; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERIES; CORONARY STENOSIS; FLOW RECIRCULATION; FLOW REDUCTION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING ARTERIES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL INFRACTION; PLAQUE RUPTURE; RECIRCULATION ZONES; RECIRCULATIONS; SCS MODEL; STAGNATING FLOWS; STENOSES; THROMBUS FORMATION; VORTEX FORMATION;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; VORTEX FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY OCCLUSION; CORONARY STENOSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 76849102424     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/5/009     Document Type: Article

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