Poloidal Pressure Gradients, Divertor Detachment and Marfes

Understanding divertor detachment through CRETIN modeling — a work in progress

Studies of a reversed field pinch in a poloidal divertor configuration

An attempt has been made to form a reversed field pinch (RFP) in a poloidal divertor configuration which positions the plasma far from a conducting wall. In this configuration, the plasma is localized within a magnetic separatrix formed by a combination of toroidal currents in the plasma and four internal aluminium rings. Plasmas were formed with a plasma current of ~135 kA, toroidal field reve...

Pressure Gradients without Obstruction

OBSTRUCTION to left ventricular outflow has been considered a characteristic and functionally important feature of "hypertrophic subaortic stenosis." The presence of obstruction has been inferred from the finding of a pressure gradient within the left ventricle during catheterization of the left heart in certain patients with idiopathic left ventricular hypertrophy. Indeed, the disease was not ...

Noninvasive assessment of ejection intraventricular pressure gradients.

OBJECTIVES The study was designed to validate in vivo a new method to measure ejection intraventricular pressure gradients (IVPGs) by processing color M-mode Doppler data and to assess the effects of inotropic interventions on IVPGs in the clinical setting. BACKGROUND In the absence of obstruction, ejection IVPGs cannot be estimated by Doppler using the simplified Bernoulli equation. METHOD...

Intraventricular pressure gradients in heart failure.

The aim of the present study was to characterize intraventricular pressure gradients (IVPGs) in an animal model of chronic heart failure. New Zealand rabbits were treated with doxorubicin (heart failure group, n=5) or saline (control group, n=5) and instrumented with pressure catheters placed in the apex and outflow-tract of left ventricle (LV) and with sonomicrometer crystals placed in the ape...