The integrated design of mechanical bi-leaflet prosthetic heart valves

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 452-462

  David, Tim ^a   Hsu, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Integrated design; Mechanical bi leaflet; Prosthetic heart valves

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD VESSELS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; GEOMETRY; HEMODYNAMICS; INTEGRATION; LIFT; VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW;

INDUCED DRAG; INTERNAL FLOW PHENOMENA; IRROTATIONAL INVISCID ALGORITHM; MECHANICAL BI-LEAFLET PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES; SOURCE SINK ELEMENTS; VORTEX RING ELEMENTS;

HEART VALVE PROSTHESES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030250952     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1350-4533(95)00075-5     Document Type: Article

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