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. 2017 Oct 31;2017(3):e201719.
doi: 10.21542/gcsp.2017.19.

Opposing forces and a river into a lake: Relevance to coronary hemodynamics in Kawasaki disease

Magdi Yacoub  1 , Heba Aguib  2
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Opposing forces and a river into a lake: Relevance to coronary hemodynamics in Kawasaki disease

Magdi Yacoub et al. Glob Cardiol Sci Pract. .
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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Pressure, flow and separated wave intensity analysis from the left main stem (left) and right coronary artery (right), showing six evident waves per cycle retrieved from WIA, by Broyd et al.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. Remote sensing observation of annual dust cycle and possibly causality of Kawasaki disease outbreaks in Japan, seasonality of KD in Japan, by Al-Askary et al.
(a) Seasonal Trends of Kawasaki Disease using hospital data (2001–2010). (b) Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Aerosol Optical Depth showing the long range transport of dust from Asia to North America.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.. (a) Forces and harmony in Nature, b) The principle of Yin and Yang - opposing pairs of forces - is a fundamental concept in Chinese philosophy, from the 3rd century BCE or earlier.
Figure 4.
Figure 4.. Asymmetry of flow producing harmony: IVC and SVC flow meeting to fill-in the right atrium, by Kilner et al.
Figure 5.
Figure 5.. Blood flow and wall shear stress in aortic aneurysm and bicuspid aortic valve, by Torii et al.
Figure 6.
Figure 6.. From “Study of water falling into still water”, by da Vinci and mentioned in .
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