Fluid Dynamics of Heart Development

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-22

  Santhanakrishnan, Arvind ^a,b   Miller, Laura A ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid dynamics; Heart development; Hemodynamics; Mathematical modeling; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; HEART; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SHEAR STRENGTH; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; HEART; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 79851509628     PISSN: 10859195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12013-011-9158-8     Document Type: Review

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