Numerical and experimental investigations of pulsatile blood flow pattern through a dysfunctional mechanical heart valve

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1565-1572

  Smadi, O ^a   Hassan, I ^a   Pibarot, P ^b   Kadem, L ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CFD; Doppler echocardiography; Dysfunctional mechanical heart valve; In vitro model; Platelet activation

Indexed keywords

CFD; DOPPLER; IN-VITRO; MECHANICAL HEART VALVES; PLATELET ACTIVATION;

BLOOD; BLOOD SUBSTITUTES; COAGULATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLOW PATTERNS; HEART; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; HEMODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ORIFICES; PLATELETS; VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW;

VALVES (MECHANICAL);

ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLOW RATE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE DYSFUNCTION; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY; VORTEX MOTION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 77952581806     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.01.029     Document Type: Article

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