Patient-specific bicuspid valve dynamics: Overview of methods and challenges

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 208-216

  Chandran, Krishnan B ^a   Vigmostad, Sarah C ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicuspid aortic valves; Computational fluid dynamics; Finite element analysis; Heart valves; Hemodynamics

Indexed keywords

3-D ULTRASOUND; AORTIC ROOT; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; AORTIC VALVES; BICUSPID VALVES; COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; FLOW DEVELOPMENT; HEART VALVES; LONG-TERM GOALS; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELING; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS; VALVE LEAFLETS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISEASES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEMODYNAMICS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; STRESSES; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

BLOOD VESSELS;

ALGORITHM; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ASCENDING AORTIC DILATATION; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD FLOW; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION MODELING; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART VALVE STENOSIS; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MITRAL VALVE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE;

AORTA; AORTIC RUPTURE; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84872613349     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.10.038     Document Type: Article

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