Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 311-320 , April 2008

A parametric numerical investigation on haemodynamics in distal coronary anastomoses

  • F.L. Xiong

      Affiliations

    • School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
    • ,
  • C.K. Chong

      Affiliations

    • School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
    • School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Division of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637459, Singapore. Tel.: +65 6316 8916; fax: +65 6794 7553.

Received 27 June 2006 ,Revised 23 January 2007 ,Accepted 19 April 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.04.013

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 311-320 , April 2008

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