Pressure recovery across the aortic valve

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 219-225

  Amsel, Bram J ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; DENSITY; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; ULTRASOUND;

ACCELERATION; ALGORITHMS; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENERGY TRANSFER; FRICTION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0030866567     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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