Fluid-structure interaction simulations of the Fontan procedure using variable wall properties

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 513-527

  Long, C C ^a   Hsu, M C ^a   Bazilevs, Y ^a   Feinstein, J A ^b   Marsden, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Finite element method; Fluid structure interaction; Fontan procedure

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; ARBITRARY LAGRANGIAN EULERIAN; BLOOD VESSEL WALLS; CLINICAL DATA; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CRITICAL LOCATION; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; FINITE ELEMENT; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS; HEART RATES; INFLOW RATE; LUMPED PARAMETER; PHASE CONTRAST MRI; PRESSURE TRACINGS; RESPIRATION RATE; RESPIRATORY MODEL; RIGID WALL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THROMBUS FORMATION; TIME-AVERAGED ENERGY; TOTAL CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION; VENOUS PRESSURE; WALL MOTION; WALL PROPERTIES; WALL SHEAR STRESS; WINDKESSEL;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESSURE;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PRESSURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84860430688     PISSN: 20407939     EISSN: 20407947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.1485     Document Type: Article

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