Impact of coronary tortuosity on the coronary blood flow: A 3D computational study

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1833-1841

  Xie, Xinzhou ^a   Wang, Yuanyuan ^a   Zhou, Hu ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coronary pressure; Coronary tortuosity; Dynamic vessel motion; Hemodynamic; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CORONARY BLOOD FLOWS; CORONARY TORTUOSITY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING; VASCULAR STRUCTURES; VESSEL MOTIONS; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEMODYNAMICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

HEART;

ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CORONARY TORTUOSITY; DIASTOLE; EXERCISE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION;

CORONARY PRESSURE; CORONARY TORTUOSITY; DYNAMIC VESSEL MOTION; HEMODYNAMIC; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; EXERCISE; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84880041415     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

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