Improved flow straighteners reduce thrombus in the NASA/DeBakey axial flow ventricular assist device

Artificial Organs

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 339-343

  Kawahito, Koji ^a   Benkowski, Robert ^a   Ohtsubo, Satoshi ^a   Noon, George P ^a   Nosé, Yukihiko ^a   DeBakey, Michael E ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial flow pump; Nonpulsatile flow; Thrombus; Ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES; NASA; PUMPS;

AXIAL FLOW PUMP; EX-VIVO; FLOW STRAIGHTENER; FLOW TUBE; MOTOR STATORS; NONPULSATILE FLOW; ROD-SHAPED; STANDARD TYPE; THROMBOGENICITY; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

AXIAL FLOW;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BLOOD FLOW; CALF; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOGENICITY;

EID: 0030892898     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1997.tb00374.x     Document Type: Article

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