Computational fluid dynamics of developing avian outflow tract heart valves

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2212-2227

  Bharadwaj, Koonal N ^a   Spitz, Cassie ^a   Shekhar, Akshay ^a   Yalcin, Huseyin C ^b   Butcher, Jonathan T ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b DOGUS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Blood flow; Embryo; Finite element; Mechanobiology; Mechanotransduction; Morphogenesis; Pulmonary valve; Shear stress; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AORTIC VALVES; BLOOD FLOW; EMBRYO; FINITE ELEMENT; MECHANO-BIOLOGY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MORPHOGENESIS; SIMULATION;

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; SHEAR STRESS;

HEART;

ANIMAL; AORTA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PULMONARY VALVE;

ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULMONARY VALVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84867234160     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-012-0574-8     Document Type: Article

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