Experimental analysis of fluid mechanical energy losses in aortic valve stenosis: Importance of pressure recovery

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 685-694

  Heinrich, Russell S ^a   Fontaine, Arnold A ^a   Grimes, Randall Y ^a   Sidhaye, Aniket ^a   Yang, Serena ^a   Moore, Kristin E ^a   Levine, Robert A ^b   Yoganathan, Ajit P ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic valve stenosis; Conservation of energy; Control volume; Medtronic Hall; St. Jude

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLUID MECHANICS; HEMODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DROP; PULSATILE FLOW;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

AORTA FLOW; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; ENERGY; HEMODYNAMICS; MECHANICS;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BIOMECHANICS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIASTOLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PRESSURE; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0030297230     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02684181     Document Type: Article

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