Haemodynamic analysis of the effect of different types of plaques in the left coronary artery

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 197-206

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

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Coronary bifurcation; Haemodynamic; Plaque; Pressure gradient

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PARAMETERS; CORONARY LUMEN; CORONARY PLAQUES; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING; LEFT CORONARY ARTERIES; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION; PLAQUE; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEMODYNAMICS; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

HEART;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CORONARY BIFURCATION LESION; DISEASE SIMULATION; HEART CYCLE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84877600958     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: 18790771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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