Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 111-118 , March 2010

Numerical and experimental study of blood flow through a patient-specific arteriovenous fistula used for hemodialysis

  • Zaher Kharboutly

      Affiliations

    • Universite de Technologie de Compiegne - UMR CNRS 6600, Departement Genie Biologique, BP 20529-60205 Compiegne Cedex, France
    • ,
  • Valerie Deplano

      Affiliations

    • Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes Hors Equilibre (IRPHE), UMR CNRS 6594, BP 146, 13384 Marseille Cedex 13, France
    • ,
  • Eric Bertrand

      Affiliations

    • Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes Hors Equilibre (IRPHE), UMR CNRS 6594, BP 146, 13384 Marseille Cedex 13, France
    • ,
  • Cecile Legallais

      Affiliations

    • Universite de Technologie de Compiegne - UMR CNRS 6600, Departement Genie Biologique, BP 20529-60205 Compiegne Cedex, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33 0 3 44 23 46 70.

Received 3 May 2009 ,Revised 21 October 2009 ,Accepted 22 October 2009.

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PII: S1350-4533(09)00229-X

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.10.013

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 111-118 , March 2010

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