Fluid–structure interaction analysis of the left coronary artery with variable angulation

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 1500-1508

  Dong, Jingliang ^a   Sun, Zhonghua ^b   Inthavong, Kiao ^a   Tu, Jiyuan ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

arterial wall compliance; branch angulation; fluid structure interaction; left coronary artery; tensile stress; wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE STRESS;

ARTERIAL WALL; ATHEROSCLEROTIC CHANGES; BRANCH ANGULATION; CT IMAGE-BASED MODEL; INTERACTION ANALYSIS; LEFT CORONARY ARTERIES; MECHANICAL STRESS DISTRIBUTIONS; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CORONARY VESSELS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84920687300     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2014.921682     Document Type: Article

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