Computational study of pulsatile blood flow in prototype vessel geometries of coronary segments

Physica Medica

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 140-156

  Chaniotis, A K ^a   Kaiktsis, L ^a   Katritsis, D ^b   Efstathopoulos, E ^c   Pantos, I ^b   Marmarellis, V ^d  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Athens Euroclinic ^*  (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bifurcating pipe; Blood flow simulation; Curved pipe; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FLOW RATE; GEOMETRY; HEART CYCLE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; INTERNALIZATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; VASCULAR DISEASE; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PERIODICITY; PLATELET AGGREGATION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 77953916193     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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