Direct measurement of clamping forces in cardiovascular surgery

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-20

  Trobec, R ^a   Gersak, B ^b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular surgery; Clamping force measurement; Vascular clamp

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD VESSELS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; MODELS; STRAIN GAGES; TISSUE;

CLAMPING FORCES; VASCULAR CLAMP;

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY;

AMPLIFIER; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; FORCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; RAT; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CONSTRICTION; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0031057443     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02510386     Document Type: Article

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