Hemodynamic impacts of various types of stenosis inthe left coronary artery bifurcation: A patient-specific analysis

Physica Medica

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 447-452

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

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery disease; Hemodynamics; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY BIFURCATION; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; SHEAR STRESS;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEMODYNAMICS; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84881664379     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: 1724191X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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