The influence of boundary conditions on wall shear stress distribution in patients specific coronary trees

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1089-1095

  van der Giessen, Alina G ^a,c   Groen, Harald C ^a   Doriot, Pierre André ^d   de Feyter, Pim J ^a   van der Steen, Antonius F W ^a,b   van de Vosse, Frans N ^c   Wentzel, Jolanda J ^a   Gijsen, Frank J H ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Coronary trees; MSCT; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIES; CORONARY TREE; CORONARY TREES; EMPIRICAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW CONDITION; FLOW RATIOS; FLOWTHROUGH; GEOMETRICAL DATA; HUMAN CORONARY ARTERIES; MSCT; MULTI SLICES; PATIENT SPECIFIC; SIDE BRANCHES; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

BLOOD VESSELS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HEART; MEDICAL COMPUTING; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

SHEAR FLOW;

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; GEOMETRY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79953029880     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.01.036     Document Type: Article

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