Comparison of hemodynamics in the ascending aorta between pulsatile and continuous flow left ventricular assist devices using computational fluid dynamics based on computed tomography images

Artificial Organs

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 142-148

  Karmonik, Christof ^a   Partovi, Sasan ^b   Schmack, Bastian ^c   Weymann, Alexander ^c   Loebe, Matthias ^a   Noon, George P ^a   Piontek, Patrizia ^c   Karck, Matthias ^c   Lumsden, Alan B ^a   Ruhparwar, Arjang ^c  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Continuous flow; Hemodynamics; Left ventricular assist device; Pulsatile flow

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FLOW PATTERNS; HEMODYNAMICS; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; SURGERY;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES; CONDITION; CONTINUOUS-FLOW; DYNAMIC PRESSURES; HAEMODYNAMICS; PULSATILES; RETROGRADE FLOW; THORACIC AORTA; WALL SHEAR STRESS; WALL-SHEAR STRESS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ANASTOMOSIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BIVENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRESS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTINUOUS FLOW; HEMODYNAMICS; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; PULSATILE FLOW;

AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 84894238579     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aor.12132     Document Type: Article

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