Computation of Blood Flow in a 3D Model of the Heart
Using a Formally Second-order-accurate Immersed Boundary Method
In these figures, blood on the left side is shown in red and blood on the right side is shown
in blue.
Muscle fibers are shown in a light brown, passive fibers and valve structures are shown
in white,
except in Aortic Sinus Streamlines Figure 003 where the valve structures are shown in
yellow.
Figure 01 Flow patterns, primarily in the left ventricle, during early ventricular filling
Figure 02 Flow patterns in the right ventricle during early ventricular filling
Figure 22 Flow through the mitral valve at a time during ventricular filling
Figure 23 Flow patterns, primarily in the left ventricle, at a time during ventricular filling
Figure 24 The muscle fibers of the model heart at a time during ventricular filling
Figure 25 Flow patterns in the right ventricle during early ventricular filling
Figure 28 Flow through the aortic valve during ventricular ejection
Figure 33 Flow patterns in the left ventricle during early ventricular filling
Aortic Sinus Streamlines Figure 003 showing a vortex in the sinus behind one of the three aortic valve leaflets
Left Ventricle Streamlines Figure 001 showing vortices shed from the mitral valve leaflets