Characterization of Abnormal Wall Shear Stress Using 4D Flow MRI in Human Bicuspid Aortopathy

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1385-1397

  van Ooij, Pim ^a   Potters, Wouter V ^b   Collins, Jeremy ^a   Carr, Maria ^a   Carr, James ^a   Malaisrie, S Chris ^c   Fedak, Paul W M ^d   McCarthy, Patrick M ^c   Markl, Michael ^a,e   Barker, Alex J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortopathy; Bicuspid aortic valve; Oscillatory shear index; Patient specific heat map; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; SHEAR FLOW; SPECIFIC HEAT;

AORTOPATHY; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVES; HEAT MAPS; OSCILLATORY SHEAR INDEX; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

SHEAR STRESS;

ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA VALVE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SHEAR STRENGTH; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTIC VALVE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RADIOGRAPHY; SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 84930756995     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-014-1092-7     Document Type: Article

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