Abstract
Quantitatively analyze the characteristics of intraventricular flow is critical for the diagnosis of congenital heart disease (CHD). Although several techniques are applied in clinic currently, the information which they provided is not satisfied with the requirement of the therapies of CHD. Here, we introduced the method of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to investigate the intraventricular hemodynamics using a reconstructed model of left ventricle (LV) based on cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) images. A large, counterclockwise, vortex was observed. It persisted in the periods of slow filling phase and atrial contraction phase in diastole. A smaller vortex was found around the outflow tract. An annular vortex is formed in the base region downstream of the mitral orifice. The vortices vanished quickly at the end-diastole. These results indicate the technique of CFD is a promising tool which can be used to evaluate the hemodynamics in LV. Understanding the characteristics of intraventricular flow is helpful for the improvement of CHD.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2015 10th Asian Control Conference: Emerging Control Techniques for a Sustainable World, ASCC 2015 |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
ISBN (Print) | 9781479978625 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 Sept 8 |
Event | 10th Asian Control Conference, ASCC 2015 - Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Duration: 2015 May 31 → 2015 Jun 3 |
Other
Other | 10th Asian Control Conference, ASCC 2015 |
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Country/Territory | Malaysia |
City | Kota Kinabalu |
Period | 15/5/31 → 15/6/3 |
Keywords
- computational fluid dynamics
- congenital heart disease
- hemodynamics
- intraventricular flow
- left ventricle
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Control and Systems Engineering