As the pulsatile cardiac blood flow drives the heart valve leaflets to open and close, the flow
in the vicinity of the valve resembles a pulsed jet through a nonaxisymmetric orifice with a …

Heart failure is diverse in its manifestations and patho-physiology with changes in chamber
size and volume, wall motion, valvular competence, intracardiac pressures, and electrical …

Doppler echocardiography remains the most extended clinical modality for the evaluation of
left ventricular (LV) function. Current Doppler ultrasound methods, however, are limited to …

We develop a novel large-scale kinematic model for animating the left ventricle (LV) wall
and use this model to drive the fluid–structure interaction (FSI) between the ensuing blood …

INTRODUCTION: The role of flow on the progression of left ventricular (LV) remodeling has
been presumed, although measurements are still limited and the intraventricular flow pattern …

Mechanical heart valves implanted in mitral position have a great effect on the ventricular
flow. Changes include alteration of the dynamics of the vortical structures generated during …

Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support disrupts the natural blood flow path through the
heart, introducing flow patterns associated with thrombosis, especially in the presence of …

Intraventricular flow is important in understanding left ventricular function; however, relevant
numerical simulations are limited, especially when heart valve function is taken into account …

Most of the cardiac abnormalities have an implication on hemodynamics and affect
cardiovascular health. Diagnostic imaging modalities such as computed tomography and …

Computational modeling is used to study intracardiac flows in normal and diseased left-
ventricles. The left-ventricle is modeled as a semi-prolate-spheroid, and the wall motion is …