Hemodynamic assessment of carbomedics bileaflet heart valves by ultrasound: Studies in the aortic and mitral positions

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 421-430

  Cape, Edward G ^a   Sung, Hsing Wen ^b   Yoganathan, Ajit P ^c,d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bernoulli equation; Doppler echocardiography; Heart valve; Hemodynamics

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CATHETERS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ESTIMATION; HEMODYNAMICS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE EFFECTS; ULTRASONICS; VELOCITY;

AORTIC AND MITRAL POSITION; BERNOULLI EQUATION; BILEAFLET MECHANICAL HEART VALVE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DYSFUNCTION; OVERESTIMATION; PROXIMAL VELOCITY;

HEART VALVE PROSTHESES;

AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029937328     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-5629(96)00030-0     Document Type: Article

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