Abstract Background Low-flow status, currently defined as a stroke volume index (SVi) <35 mL/m2, is an important prognostic predictor for mortality after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) severe aortic stenosis (SAS). However, transaortic flow rate (FR) – divided by left ventricle ejection time - has recently been suggested to be superior SVi in defining low-flow states, it ...

The use of peak flow meters has been widely adopted for monitoring patients with asthma. The Working Party of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) has solely addressed technical and physiological issues relating to peak expiratory flow (PEF) (flow describes the rate of change of volume (volume rate), so that flow rate is equivalent to volume acceleration. Hence, PEF should be used in preferen...

The secretion of atrial natriuretic peptide by the heart is not simply the arterial-coronary sinus concentration difference times coronary blood flow, because only a small fraction of total coronary blood flow passes through the atria. We measured coronary sinus and arterial plasma atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) concentrations and blood flow to each part of the heart using the radioactive micr...

high temperatures are often encountered in almost all of the combustion systems, therefore, thermal radiation heat transfer can influence the droplets heat up rate and consequently their life time. in this paper, the effect of thermal radiation heat transfer is investigated for two cases of directional and spherically symmetric illuminations. the flow and temperature fields insdie and outside o...

This study modeled the effects of hydraulic dredging on the lower Karun river in Ahvaz range to thevillage is Farsyan . using software 4.1 HEC-RAS, one-dimensional model of the flow field wassimulated . After entering the information into the model and its calibration based on the selected,design flow model was implemented to extract the water surface elevation levels and spreading areaswere me...

at present study the flow and heat transfer of non-newtonian nanofluid, aqueous solution of carboxymethyl cellulose-aluminum oxide with different volume fractions of nano particles in a two dimensional microtube is simulated for the first time. slip velocity and temperature jump boundary conditions are also considered along the microtube walls. the achieved results accuracy is investigated by c...

BACKGROUND In the cryopreservation of blood, removing cryoprotectants from the cryopreserved blood safely and effectively is always being focused on. In our previous work, a dilution-filtration system was proposed to achieve the efficient clearance of cryoprotectants from the cryopreserved blood. METHOD In this study, a theoretical method is presented to optimize the diluent flow rate in the ...

Tip leakage loss introduces major part of losses of the rotor in axial gas turbines. Therefore, the rotor blade tip has a considerable effect on rotor efficiency. To understand the flow physics of the rotor tip leakage, we solve the flow field for different tip platforms (passive flow control) and by considering coolant tip injection (active flow control). Various blade tip configurations s...

Aims of Study In the investigation of lower urinary tract symptoms many cases can be reliably assessed from a good history and a simple measurement of maximum flow rate (Q-max) alone. To obtain a reliable flow rate patients must void a reasonable volume, as flow is dependent on voided volume [1]. Clinical trials have demonstrated that the reliability of Qmax can be improved by bladder instillat...