title: A review of macroscopic thrombus modeling methods.
abstract: Hemodynamics applied to mechanobiology offers powerful means to predict thrombosis, and to understand the kinetics of thrombus formation on areas of vascular damage in blood flowing through the human circulatory system. Specifically, the advances in computational processing and the progress in modeling complex biological processes with spatio-temporal multi-scale methods have the potential to shift the way in which cardiovascular diseases are diagnosed and treated. This article systematically surveys the state of the art of macroscopic computational fluid dynamics (CFD) Computational fluid dynamics techniques for modeling thrombus formation, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses. In particular, a comprehensive and systematic revision of the hemodynamics models and methods is given, and the strengths and weaknesses of those employed for studying thrombus formation are highlighted.
authors.affiliation: University Rovira i Virgili, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Spain. salvatore.cito@urv.cat
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cito
authors.forename: Marco Domenico
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Mazzeo
authors.forename: Lina
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Badimon
mesh_terms: D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000473:pathology*