Investigation of the haemodynamic environment of bifurcation plaques within the left coronary artery in realistic patient models based on CT images

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-236

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

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Computational fluid dynamics; Coronary artery disease; Haemodynamic; Plaques

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIAC CYCLES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY DISEASE; CT DATA; CT IMAGE; IN-VIVO; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING; LEFT CORONARY ARTERIES; PATIENT MODELS; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION; PLAQUES; RECIRCULATIONS; STRONG CORRELATION; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; HEART; HEMODYNAMICS; LIFE CYCLE;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SHEAR STRENGTH;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 84864557959     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13246-012-0135-3     Document Type: Article

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