Impact of competitive flow on wall shear stress in coronary surgery: Computational fluid dynamics of a LIMA-LAD model

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 512-519

  Nordgaard, Håvard ^a,b   Swillens, Abigail ^c   Nordhaug, Dag ^a,b   Kirkeby Garstad, Idar ^a,b   Van Loo, Denis ^c   Vitale, Nicola ^b   Segers, Patrick ^c   Haaverstad, Rune ^a,d   Lovstakken, Lasse ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

CABG; Competitive flow; Computational fluid dynamics; Graft patency; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DIASTOLE; HEART CYCLE; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SYSTOLE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE;

EID: 78149313446     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: 17553245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvq210     Document Type: Article

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