Figure 1
Distribution of hematocrit levels in the general population.
Figure 2
Computational model: (a) CAD geometry of the left heart with PVL; (b) computational mesh with local refinement in the PVL region and boundary layers; (c) ventricular motion model based on the centroid method; and (d) mesh convergence study.
Figure 3
Time-dependent pressure distribution in the left ventricle during the cardiac cycle at selected time instances: t = 0 s, t = 0.2 s, and t = 0.25 s.
Figure 4
(a) Relationship between hematocrit and maximum shear stress in the PVL region. (b) Time required to reach the critical shear stress threshold (300 Pa) in the PVL region as a function of hematocrit.
Figure 5
Distribution of shear stress in the PVL region for different hematocrit values (φ = 0.3–0.55).