Pulsatile Flow of Two-Fluid Nonlinear Models for Blood Flow through Catheterized Arteries: A Comparative Study

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">  Type of catheter</td><td align="center"> Catheter diameter <math id="M276" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>d</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></math> (mm)</td><td align="left"> Flow quantity measured</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left"> Angioplasty catheter guidewire</td><td align="center"> 0.356</td><td align="left"> Pressure drop</td></tr><tr><td align="left"> Coronary angioplasty catheter</td><td align="center"> 1.400</td><td align="left"> Pressure distal to lesion</td></tr><tr><td align="left"> Guiding catheter</td><td align="center"> 2.600</td><td align="left"> Pressure at coronary ostium</td></tr><tr><td align="left"> Doppler catheter</td><td align="center"> 1.000</td><td align="left"> Velocity proximal to lesion</td></tr><tr><td align="left"> Coronary infusion catheter</td><td align="center"> 0.660</td><td align="left"> Pressure drop across lesion</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Different types of catheters used in cardiovascular treatment, their sizes, and the flow quantities measured using them.

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Table 2: Pulsatile Flow of Two-Fluid Nonlinear Models for Blood Flow through Catheterized Arteries: A Comparative Study 