A three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics simulation of left ventricular ejection demonstrated that velocity vectors greatly increased at the aortic outlet and most pressure occurred in the top 15%.
A realistic model of the left ventricle of the human heart was constructed using a cast from a dog heart which was in diastole. A coordinate measuring machine was used to measure and digitize the coordinates of the left ventricle. From the complex measured left ventricle shape values, a three-dimensional finite volume representation was constructed using a simulation package. The left ventricular walls moved towards the centre of the aortic outlet in order to study the effects of time-varying left ventricular ejection. The left ventricular wall motion was assumed to follow the blood flow and the wall grid was reformed 25 times during the calculation. The 25.8 cm3 ventricular volume was reduced by 75% in 0.25 s. Centreline and cross-sectional velocity vectors greatly increased in magnitude at the aortic outlet, and most of the pressure occurred in the top 15% of the heart. The computational method should make it possible to compare simulation results with important measurement techniques such as ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging, and this should allow a finer detail of flow understanding than is presently available using either a modelling or imaging method alone.
Taylor et al. (Fri,) conducted a other in Left ventricular ejection modeling. Computational fluid dynamics simulation was evaluated on Left ventricular ejection characteristics (velocity vectors and pressure). A three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics simulation of left ventricular ejection demonstrated that velocity vectors greatly increased at the aortic outlet and most pressure occurred in the top 15%.