TY - GEN
T1 - Numerical study of blood flow in the hepatic portion of the inferior vena cava
AU - Matsubara, M.
AU - Konishi, K.
AU - Watanabe, M.
AU - Yamaguchi, S.
AU - Watanabe, S.
AU - Hashizume, M.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) is complete or partial occlusion in the hepatic veins and the hepatic portion of the inferior vena cava (IVC). The cause of BCS is not well known yet, however: abnormal vessel wall shear stress caused by blood flow is thought to increase the likelihood of developing BCS. In order to reveal the formation mechanism of BCS, we construct several vessel models of the IVC and hepatic veins from medical images and study the characteristics of the blood flow in the vicinity of the junctions of the hepatic veins with the IVC numerically.
AB - Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) is complete or partial occlusion in the hepatic veins and the hepatic portion of the inferior vena cava (IVC). The cause of BCS is not well known yet, however: abnormal vessel wall shear stress caused by blood flow is thought to increase the likelihood of developing BCS. In order to reveal the formation mechanism of BCS, we construct several vessel models of the IVC and hepatic veins from medical images and study the characteristics of the blood flow in the vicinity of the junctions of the hepatic veins with the IVC numerically.
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U2 - 10.1115/FEDSM2007-37452
DO - 10.1115/FEDSM2007-37452
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:40549142454
SN - 0791842886
SN - 9780791842881
T3 - 2007 Proceedings of the 5th Joint ASME/JSME Fluids Engineering Summer Conference, FEDSM 2007
SP - 695
EP - 698
BT - 2007 Proceedings of the 5th Joint ASME/JSME Fluids Engineering Summer Conference, FEDSM 2007
T2 - 2007 5th Joint ASME/JSME Fluids Engineering Summer Conference, FEDSM 2007
Y2 - 30 July 2007 through 2 August 2007
ER -