The use of computational fluid dynamics in the development of ventricular assist devices

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 263-280

  Fraser, Katharine H ^a   Taskin, M Ertan ^a   Griffith, Bartley P ^a   Wu, Zhongjun J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Computational fluid dynamics; Haemodynamics; Haemolysis; Mechanical circulatory support; Platelet activation; Thrombosis; Turbomachinery; Turbulence; Ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; HAEMODYNAMICS; HAEMOLYSIS; MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT; PLATELET ACTIVATION; THROMBOSIS; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; CELLS; DISEASES; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; HEMODYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLATELETS; PUMPS; TURBOMACHINERY; TURBULENCE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BLOOD PUMP; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GEOMETRY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TURBULENT FLOW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; HEART VENTRICLES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; RHEOLOGY; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 79952313377     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.10.014     Document Type: Review

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