Numerical investigation of the blood flow through the middle cerebral artery.

Conclusion: It can be concluded that the application of the Newtonian model for the blood flowing in the MCA is acceptable. Also, atherosclerosis has the potential to occur at the middle of a branch of the MCA which has the highest geometrical curvature.
PMID: 30211079 [PubMed]

Source: BioImpacts - September 15, 2018 Category: Research Tags: Bioimpacts Source Type: research