In vitro testing of artificial heart valves: Comparison between Newtonian and Non-Newtonian fluids

Artificial Organs

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-46

  Pohl, Manfred ^a   Wendt, Max Otto ^a   Werner, Sabine ^a   Koch, Brigitte ^a   Lerche, Dietmar ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b LUM GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heart valve prostheses; Model fluids; Non Newtonian fluids; Similarity principle; Test parameters

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART; BLOOD; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEART; HYDRODYNAMICS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

ARTIFICIAL HEART VALVES; HEART VALVES; HYDRODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; IN-VITRO TESTING; LEAKAGE FLOW; MODEL FLUIDS; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; SIMILARITY PRINCIPLE; TEST PARAMETERS; THEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR;

RHEOLOGY;

ARTICLE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030059598     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1996.tb04416.x     Document Type: Article

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