Numerical analysis of coronary artery bypass grafts: An over view

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 689-705

  Owida, Amal Ahmed ^a   Do, Hung ^a   Morsi, Yos S ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafts; Hemodynamic; Intimal hyperplasia; Numerical simulation; Oscillating shear index; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL BYPASS; BLOOD FLOW; BYPASS OPERATION; CARDIAC CYCLES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS METHODS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DOPPLER; EXPERIMENTAL DIAGNOSTICS; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; FLUID AND STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; FLUID FLOW PARAMETERS; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; GUIDE-WIRE; INTIMAL HYPERPLASIA; INTIMAL THICKENINGS; LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OSCILLATING SHEAR; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; RESTENOSIS; STEADY AND TRANSIENT; STRESS AND STRAIN; STRUCTURE DYNAMICS; VASCULAR GRAFTS; WALL SHEAR STRESS; WALL THICKENING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; GRAFTS; HEMODYNAMICS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ANEMOMETRY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; FLUID FLOW; HEART CYCLE; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; SHEAR STRESS; SIDE TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COMPLIANCE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS;

EID: 84863805830     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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