Background Enhanced External Counterpulsation (EECP) can chronically relieve ischemic chest pain and improve the prognosis of coronary heart disease (CHD). Despite its role in mitigating heart complic
Computational Fluid Dynamics and Fluid-Structure Interaction is performed using ADINA 9.2 (http://www.adina.com). The 900-node version is used for academic teaching and research and is available from
The mechanisms by which cardiac mechanics effect coronary perfusion (cardiac-to-coronary coupling) remain incompletely understood. Several coronary models have been proposed to deepen our understandin
All numbers are report as percentages of the cardiac cycle duration. The difference between the measurements of RCA and LAD is marked with *, if the difference is statistically significant (P<0.05).