Fully coupled fluid-structure interaction model of congenital bicuspid aortic valves: Effect of asymmetry on hemodynamics

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 839-848

  Marom, Gil ^a   Kim, Hee Sun ^b   Rosenfeld, Moshe ^a   Raanani, Ehud ^c   Haj Ali, Rami ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Composite tissue; Native aortic valve; Numerical model

Indexed keywords

AORTIC VALVES; ASYMMETRIC GEOMETRY; ASYMMETRIC VORTICES; ASYMMETRY; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVES; COMPOSITE TISSUES; FLOW SHEAR STRESS; TISSUE PROPERTIES;

BIOMINERALIZATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIN; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; GEOMETRY; HEMODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODELS; TISSUE;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

AORTA VALVE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYSTOLE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AORTIC VALVE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SYSTOLE;

EID: 84880297354     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-013-1055-4     Document Type: Article

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