Impact of coronary tortuosity on coronary pressure: Numerical simulation study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Li, Yang ^a   Shi, Zhengtao ^b   Cai, Yan ^b   Feng, Yi ^a   Ma, Genshan ^a   Shen, Chengxing ^c   Li, Zhiyong ^b   Liu, Naifeng ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CORONARY ARTERY PRESSURE; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; CORONARY TORTUOSITY; CORONARY TORTUOSITY ANGLE; CORONARY TORTUOSITY NUMBER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART CYCLE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; HEART; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PRESSURE; SKIN DISEASES, GENETIC; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 84865051975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042558     Document Type: Article

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