The cardiovascular system transports gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide), nutrients,
enzymes, hormones, and heat between the respiratory, digestive, endocrine, and excretory …

This article presents a broad overview of the fluid mechanics of the human cardiovascular
system. Beginning in the heart, we travel through the main features of our circulation to …

Children born with only one functional ventricle must typically undergo a series of three
surgeries to obtain the so-called Fontan circulation in which the blood coming from the body …

The surrogate management framework (SMF) is an effective approach for derivative-free
optimization of expensive objective functions. The SMF is typically comprised of surrogate …

Recently, the assisted bidirectional Glenn (ABG) procedure has been proposed as an
alternative to the modified Blalock–Taussig shunt (mBTS) operation for neonates with single …

To be an effective tool in studying cardiovascular disease and designing new treatments,
computational fluid dynamics (CFD) needs to move from the realm of “high performance” to …

Background. The treatment of coronary stenosis is decided by performing high risk invasive
surgery to generate the fractional flow reserve diagnostics index, a ratio of distal to proximal …

Computational hemodynamics is becoming an increasingly important tool in clinical
applications and surgical procedures involving the cardiovascular system. Aim of this review …

Understanding cerebral blood flow dynamics is crucial for the care of patients at risk of poor
cerebral perfusion. We describe an effective model of cerebral hemodynamics designed to …

A distributed lumped parameter (DLP) model of blood flow was recently developed that can
be simulated in minutes while still incorporating complex sources of energy dissipation in …