A Flow Visualization Study of Centrifugal Blood Pumps Developed for Long‐Term Usage

Artificial Organs

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 307-312

  Araki, Kenji ^a   Taenaka, Yoshiyuki ^a   Masuzawa, Toru ^a   Inoue, Kazushige ^a   Nakatani, Takeshi ^a   Kinoshita, Masayuki ^a   Akagi, Haruhiko ^a   Baba, Yuzo ^a   Matsuo, Yoshiaki ^a   Sakaki, Masayuki ^a   Anai, Hirofumi ^a   Takano, Hisateru ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Centrifugal pump; Flow visualization; Hemolysis; Steady flow

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PUMP; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOLYSIS;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMAN; PRESSURE; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0027236638     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1993.tb00585.x     Document Type: Article

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