The clinical assessment of intraventricular flows

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 315-342

  Bermejo, Javier ^a   Martínez Legazpi, Pablo ^b   Del Álamo, Juan C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

biofluid dynamics; cardiovascular fluid dynamics; Diastolic function; Doppler echocardiography; heart failure; intraventricular flow; magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOFLUID DYNAMICS; DIASTOLIC FUNCTION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; INTRAVENTRICULAR FLOW;

FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 84922204523     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-fluid-010814-014728     Document Type: Review

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