An in vitro investigation of the retrograde flow fields of two bileaflet mechanical heart valves

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 600-606

  Ellis, Jeffrey T ^a   Healy, Timothy M ^b   Fontaine, Arnold A ^b   Weston, Matthew W ^b   Jarret, Christopher A ^b   Saxena, Rahul ^a   Yoganathan, Ajit P ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FLOW; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; THROMBOSIS;

HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PULSATILE FLOW; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0029828882     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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