Computational fluid dynamics analysis of the effect of plaques in the left coronary artery

Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

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

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW VELOCITY; HEART; HEMODYNAMICS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALYSIS; HEMODYNAMIC CHANGES; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING; LEFT CORONARY ARTERIES; NON NEWTONIAN FLUID MODEL; NON-NEWTONIAN MODELS; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; HEART CYCLE; HEMODYNAMICS; IN VIVO STUDY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC;

EID: 84863411960     PISSN: 1748670X     EISSN: 17486718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/504367     Document Type: Article

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