A coupled hydrodynamic model of the cardiovascular and cerebrospinal fluid system

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Martin, Bryn A ^a   Reymond, Philippe ^a   Novy, Jan ^b   Balédent, Olivier ^c   Stergiopulos, Nikolaos ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular model; Cerebral blood flow; Craniospinal compliance; Craniospinal disorders; Hydrocephalus; Interstitial fluid; Intrathecal drug delivery; One dimensional computational model; Perivascular flow; Pulse wave velocity; Spinal cord blood flow; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CRANIOSPINAL COMPLIANCE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARTERIOLES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL STENOSIS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 84859455541     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00658.2011     Document Type: Article

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