Intraventricular flow patterns and stasis in the LVAD-assisted heart

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1485-1494

  Wong, K ^a   Samaroo, G ^a   Ling, I ^a   Dembitsky, W ^b   Adamson, R ^b   del Alamo J C ^c,d   May Newman, K ^a  

^a AGC Paul S Roel Chair in Construction Engineering and Management   (United States)

^b SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Left ventricle; Mechanical circulatory assist; PIV; Thrombus; Vortex

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; FLOW PATTERNS; HEART; HEMODYNAMICS; KINETICS; VORTEX FLOW;

LEFT VENTRICLES; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE (LVAD); MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY ASSIST; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PIV; THROMBUS; THROMBUS FORMATION; VORTEX CIRCULATION;

LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES;

AORTA FLOW; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; DIASTOLE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; PULSE WAVE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SYSTOLE;

LEFT VENTRICLE; MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY ASSIST; PIV; THROMBUS; VORTEX;

AORTIC VALVE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BLOOD CIRCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIASTOLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SYSTOLE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84896492011     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.12.031     Document Type: Article

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