Extracting Lagrangian coherent structures in cardiovascular flows using Lagrangian descriptors

A Darwish, S Norouzi, G Di Labbio, L Kadem - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In cardiovascular flows, Lagrangian coherent structures have been used to explore the
skeleton of blood transport. Revealing these transport barriers is instrumental to quantify the …

Three-dimensional Lagrangian coherent structures in patients with aortic regurgitation

W Abdallah, A Darwish, J Garcia, L Kadem - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Understanding blood transport in cardiovascular flows is important for managing patients
with cardiovascular disease. In this study, three-dimensional Lagrangian coherent structures …

Reduced-order modeling of left ventricular flow subject to aortic valve regurgitation

G Di Labbio, L Kadem - Physics of Fluids, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
The present focus of heart flow studies is largely based on flow within the left ventricle and
how this flow changes when subject to disease. However, despite recent advancements, a …

On the spectrographic representation of cardiovascular flow instabilities

T Natarajan, DE MacDonald, M Najafi, MO Khan… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the past decade, high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has uncovered the
presence of high-frequency flow instabilities (on the order of 100 s of Hz) in a variety of …

Lagrangian mixing of pulsatile flows in constricted tubes

N Barrere, J Brum, M Anzibar, F Rinderknecht… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Several Lagrangian methods were used to analyze the mixing processes in an experimental
model of a constricted artery under a pulsatile flow. Upstream Reynolds number Re was …

Dynamics of soap bubble inflation

SJ Rao, S Jain, S Basu - Physical Review Fluids, 2024 - APS
Bubbles have always captivated our curiosity with their aesthetics and complexities alike.
While the act of blowing bubbles is familiar to everyone, the underlying physics of these …

Vortex dynamics and transport phenomena in stenotic aortic models using echo-PIV

J Brum, M Bernal, N Barrere, C Negreira… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Atherosclerosis is the most fatal cardiovascular disease. As disease progresses, stenoses
grow inside the arteries blocking their lumen and altering blood flow. Analysing flow …

Flow characteristics in a model of a left ventricle in the presence of a dysfunctional mitral mechanical heart valve

N Mirvakili, G Di Labbio, W Saleh, L Kadem - Journal of Visualization, 2020 - Springer
Flow characteristics in a model of a left ventricle in the presence of a dysfunctional mitral
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[HTML][HTML] In vitro characterization of Lagrangian fluid transport downstream of a dysfunctional bileaflet mechanical aortic valve

A Darwish, G Di Labbio, W Saleh, L Kadem - AIP Advances, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
This experimental study aims to explore the Lagrangian nature of fluid transport downstream
of a bileaflet mechanical aortic valve under different malfunction scenarios that might be …

Braids in the heart: global measures of mixing for cardiovascular flows

G Di Labbio, JL Thiffeault, L Kadem - Flow, 2022 - cambridge.org
The flow patterns in the heart, in health and disease, have been of great interest for several
years. Modern fluid dynamics analyses elucidate how underlying inefficient energetic or …