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Before delving into the computational methods of CHD, this chapter provides a preliminary understanding of the circulatory system from a physiological and functional perspective, as well as related terminologies that will be used in the succeeding chapters. This includes descriptions, locations, geometry, and naming conventions for the relevant anatomy. This will facilitate the process of computational reconstruction of the anatomy related to cardiovascular modelling introduced in Chaps. 3 and 4 and establish physiologically correct boundary conditions discussed in Chap. 5. The models arising from this process are linked to haemodynamic analyses that are discussed in Chaps. 7 and 8. Knowledge of the anatomy and its functions provides a smoother transition towards understanding cardiovascular functioning, and its CHD modelling requirements, while also stimulating interest in the reader after having established the background knowledge.
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Contribution from Dahl, S.K. (2012) Numerical Simulations of Blood Flow in the Left Side of the Heart. PhD Thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
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The mediastinum is the central compartment in the thorax that contains a group of structures that includes the heart, the esophagus, the trachea, and the lymph nodes of the central chest.
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The jugular vein is part of the venous network of vessels that bring deoxygenated blood from the head back to the heart via the superior vena cava (see Fig. 2.2).
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Myocardial infarction is the medical term for a heart attack which is a result of blockage in the cardiovascular network that prevents blood flow to the heart a long enough time that part of the heart muscle becomes damaged or dies.
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Artery remodelling is a permanent change in the walls in response to long-term inflammation or obstruction in the vessel walls.
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Tu, J., Inthavong, K., Wong, K. (2015). The Human Cardiovascular System. In: Computational Hemodynamics – Theory, Modelling and Applications. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9594-4_2
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