title: Wall shear stress estimates in coronary artery constrictions.
abstract: Wall shear stress estimates from laminar boundary layer theory were found to agree fairly well with the magnitude of shear stress levels along coronary artery constrictions obtained from solutions of the Navier Stokes equations for both steady and pulsatile flow. The relatively simple method can be used for in vivo estimates of wall shear stress in constrictions by using a vessel shape function determined from a coronary angiogram, along with a knowledge of the flow rate.
authors: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91109.
authors: L H
authors: LH
authors: Back
authors: D W
authors: DW
authors: Crawford
mesh_terms: D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D001809:Blood Viscosity / Q000502:physiology; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000502:physiology