Direction and magnitude of blood flow shear stresses on the leaflets of aortic valves: Is there a link with valve calcification?

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ge, Liang ^a,b   Sotiropoulos, Fotis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTIC STENOSIS; AORTIC VALVES; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW DYNAMICS; COMPLICATED FLOW; DIFFERENTIAL FLOWS; HIGH-RESOLUTION NUMERICAL SIMULATION; LIMITING STREAMLINE; STRESS CONTOURS; SURFACE SHEAR; VALVE CALCIFICATION; VALVE LEAFLETS;

BIOMINERALIZATION; BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FLOW PATTERNS; HEMODYNAMICS; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

VALVES (MECHANICAL);

AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CALCIFICATION; DYNAMICS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEART VENTRICLE; HEMODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCINOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCINOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 77955121771     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4000162     Document Type: Article

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