Unsteady fluid dynamics of several mechanical prosthetic heart valves using a two component laser Doppler anemometer system

Artificial Organs

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1110-1120

  Akutsu, Toshinosuke ^a   Modi, V J ^b  

^a KANTO GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofluid mechanics; Laser Doppler anemometer; Medical equipment; Prosthetic heart valve

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; CLASSIFIERS; DOPPLER EFFECT; HEART; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; SOFTWARE TESTING; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

BIO-FLUID MECHANICS; FLUID-DYNAMICS; LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETER SYSTEMS; LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETERS; MECHANICAL; MECHANICAL HEART VALVES; PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE; ST. JUDE MEDICAL; TURBULENT STRESS; TWO-COMPONENT LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETERS;

LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS;

ANEMOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE SURGERY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBULENT FLOW; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0030873780     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1997.tb00451.x     Document Type: Article

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