A Three-Dimensional Computational Fluid Dynamics Model of Regurgitant Mitral Valve Flow: Validation Against In Vitro Standards and 3D Color Doppler Methods

Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 77-89

  Quaini, Annalisa ^a   Canic, Suncica ^a   Guidoboni, Giovanna ^a   Glowinski, Roland ^a   Igo, Stephen R ^c   Hartley, Craig J ^b   Zoghbi, William A ^c   Little, Stephen H ^c  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD model; Echocardiography; Mitral regurgitation; Proximal isovelocity surface area; Vena contracta

Indexed keywords

CFD MODELS; CFD SIMULATIONS; COLOR DOPPLER; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELS; DOPPLER; FLOW COMPRESSION; FLOW CONDITION; FLOW LOOPS; FLOW QUANTIFICATION; HIGH FIDELITY; IN-LINE; IN-VITRO; ISO-VELOCITY SURFACES; MEASUREMENT STANDARDS; MITRAL REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVES; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; ORIFICE AREA; REDUCTION IN AREA; RELATIVE ERRORS; VENA CONTRACTA;

COLOR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; DOPPLER EFFECT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GAS DYNAMICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; ORIFICES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RATING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSDUCERS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PULSATILE FLOW; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 79955836217     PISSN: 1869408X     EISSN: 18694098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13239-011-0038-6     Document Type: Article

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