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How much of the intraaortic balloon volume is displaced toward the coronary circulation? [PDF]
This is a post-print version of the published article. Copyright @ 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery.This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.Objective: During intraaortic balloon inflation ...
Pantalos, GM +7 more
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Study of a bi-directional axial flow blood pump [PDF]
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.A common treatment for circulatory disorders is the application of rotary blood pumps to locally increase blood flow to required levels.
Swalen, Marcel Johannes Petrus
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Severity parameter and global importance factor of non-newtonian models in 3D reconstructed human left coronary artery [PDF]
This paper was presented at the 3rd Micro and Nano Flows Conference (MNF2011), which was held at the Makedonia Palace Hotel, Thessaloniki in Greece.
Soulis, JV +4 more
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Blood rheology, cardiovascular risk factors, and cardiovascular disease: The West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study [PDF]
The West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study (WOSCOPS) showed that pravastatin reduced the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) events in 6,595 middle-aged hypercholesterolaemic men aged 45-64 years without prior myocardial infarction followed for an ...
Ford, I. +7 more
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Modelling of the pulsatile blood flow in an arterial tree of retinal vasculature [PDF]
This paper was presented at the 2nd Micro and Nano Flows Conference (MNF2009), which was held at Brunel University, West London, UK. The conference was organised by Brunel University and supported by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, IPEM, the ...
Ganesan, PB +3 more
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Background: Coronary artery disease (CAD)، also known as ischemic heart disease (IHD) or coronary heart disease (CHD)، continues to be a leading cause of mortality in industrialized nations despite the tremendous advancements made in recent decades in ...
Zaman G. Ghazal Al-Mimar +2 more
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Regulation of Coronary Blood Flow. [PDF]
ABSTRACT The heart is uniquely responsible for providing its own blood supply through the coronary circulation. Regulation of coronary blood flow is quite complex and, after over 100 years of dedicated research, is understood to be dictated through multiple mechanisms that include extravascular compressive forces (
Goodwill AG, Dick GM, Kiel AM, Tune JD.
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Objectives: The main objective of this study was to assess the blood flow rate and velocity in coronary artery stenosis using intracoronary frequency domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT). A correlation between fractional flow reserve (FFR) and FD-
Haroon Zafar +2 more
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Background. A stent is a cylindrical medical device used to normalize the flow of blood or body fluids, such as blood vessels, gastrointestinal tract, and bile duct, by inserting it into a narrowed or blocked area under image fluoroscopy without ...
H. Kim +5 more
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Aim: Our aim was to automatically estimate the blood velocity in coronary arteries using cine X-ray angiographic sequence. Estimating the coronary blood velocity is a key approach in investigating patients with angina pectoris and no significant coronary
Mahdieh Khanmohammadi +5 more
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