Intraventricular vortex flow changes in the infarcted left ventricle: Numerical results in an idealised 3D shape

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-101

  Domenichini, Federico ^a   Pedrizzetti, Gianni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Infarction; Left ventricle

Indexed keywords

3-D SHAPE; 3D NUMERICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC INDICATORS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS; ECHOGRAPHIC IMAGING; FLOW CHANGES; INFARCTION; LEFT VENTRICLES; LEFT VENTRICULAR; MYOCARDIAL MECHANICS; MYOCARDIAL MOTION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; POTENTIAL VALUES; STAGNATING FLOWS;

BLOOD; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISEASES; FLUID DYNAMICS; PATHOLOGY; VORTEX FLOW; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 79251479400     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2010.485987     Document Type: Article

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