On the importance of blood rheology for bulk flow in hemodynamic models of the carotid bifurcation

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2427-2438

  Morbiducci, Umberto ^a   Gallo, Diego ^a   Massai, Diana ^a   Ponzini, Raffaele ^b   Deriu, Marco A ^a   Antiga, Luca ^c   Redaelli, Alberto ^d   Montevecchi, Franco M ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b CILEA   (Italy)

^c Orobix srl   (Italy)

^d POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bulk flow; Carotid bifurcation; Helical flow; Non Newtonian rheology; Vorticity dynamics

Indexed keywords

BULK FLOW; CAROTID BIFURCATION; HELICAL FLOWS; NON-NEWTONIAN RHEOLOGY; VORTICITY DYNAMICS;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BLOOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LUBRICATION; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR FLOW; VISCOSITY; VORTICITY;

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; HEMODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOSITY;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY, EXTERNAL; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 80051555286     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.06.028     Document Type: Article

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