A microstructural flow analysis within a bileaflet mechanical heart valve hinge

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 581-590

  Gross, Jeffrey M ^a   Shu, Mark C S ^a   Dai, Frank F ^b   Ellis, Jeffrey ^c   Yoganathan, Ajit P ^c  

^a MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^b Pacific Sierra Research Corporation   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FLOW; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMICS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0029803705     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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