In the article "Fluid Dynamics Plays a Key Role in Predicting Cardiovascular Danger," GW Today reported on mechanical engineering Ph.D. candidate Nora Caroline Wild's research on cardiovascular fluid dynamics. In her research, Wild is using cardiovascular fluid dynamics to explore possible anatomical factors that could alert patients at risk of atherosclerosis early.
Here is an excerpt from the article: “Once a patient has symptoms, that means they already have atherosclerosis which is typically pretty severe,” said Wild, a mechanical and aerospace engineering doctoral candidate in Department Chair Michael Plesniak’s Biofluid Dynamics Lab. “So I’m looking into what kind of pre-existing features could cause someone’s blood flow to have an unhealthy impact on the vessel tissue. Could we look at the geometry of a patient's blood vessels—the angle of their branching, the diameter—to statistically classify a patient as higher or lower risk?”
Read the full article on GW Today.