Fluid-structure interaction of an aortic heart valve prosthesis driven by an animated anatomic left ventricle

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 244, Issue , 2013, Pages 41-62

  Le, Trung Bao ^a   Sotiropoulos, Fotis ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Bi leaflet mechanical heart valve; Cardiac electrophysiology; FitzHugh Nagumo model; Fluid structure interaction; Left heart hemodynamics; Patient specific modeling

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART; BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; HEMODYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

BI-LEAFLET MECHANICAL HEART VALVE; CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FITZHUGH-NAGUMO MODEL; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HAEMODYNAMICS; KINEMATICS MODELS; LEAVE HEART HEMODYNAMIC; LEFT VENTRICLES; MECHANICAL HEART VALVES; PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELING;

HEART;

EID: 84878509943     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2012.08.036     Document Type: Article

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