Computation of hemodynamics in the left coronary artery with variable angulations

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1869-1878

  Chaichana, Thanapong ^a   Sun, Zhonghua ^a   Jewkes, James ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angulation; Computational fluid dynamics; Coronary artery disease; Wall shear stress; Wall shear stress gradient

Indexed keywords

ANGULATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; WALL SHEAR STRESS; WALL SHEAR STRESS GRADIENTS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASES; FLOW PATTERNS; HEMODYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; WALL FLOW;

HEART;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ANGULATION; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART CYCLE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; WALL PRESSURE; WALL SHEAR STRESS GRADIENT;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK FACTORS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOFTWARE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 79959529615     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.04.033     Document Type: Article

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