Numerical simulation of patient-specific left ventricular model with both mitral and aortic valves by FSI approach

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 474-482

  Su, Boyang ^a,b   Zhong, Liang ^b,d   Wang, Xi Kun ^c   Zhang, Jun Mei ^b   Tan, Ru San ^b,d   Allen, John Carson ^d   Tan, Soon Keat ^c   Kim, Sangho ^a   Leo, Hwa Liang ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

CFD; FSI; Leaflet dynamics; Left ventricular flow

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY LAGRANGIAN EULERIAN; FSI; LEFT VENTRICULAR; LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION; MESH DEFORMATION; PATIENT SPECIFIC; VENTRICULAR FLOW; VENTRICULAR WALLS;

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MITRAL VALVE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; QUANTITATIVE STUDY;

CFD; FSI; LEAFLET DYNAMICS; LEFT VENTRICULAR FLOW;

AORTIC VALVE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SYSTOLE;

EID: 84892815401     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2013.11.009     Document Type: Article

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