Research Article

Feasibility of Computational Fluid Dynamics for Evaluating the Intraventricular Hemodynamics in Single Right Ventricle Based on Echocardiographic Images

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Boundary conditions of the CFD-simulation models from echocardiographic flow curve. The inflow/outflow boundary conditions used for simulation were obtained from the mitral/aortic valve velocities by echocardiography at the end of five characteristic periods. (RF: rapid filling; SF: slow filling; AS: atrial systole; RE: rapid ejection; SE: slow ejection. Arrows are at the end of five periods).
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