Estimation of the minimum pump speed to prevent regurgitation in the continuous flow left ventricular assist device: Left ventricular drainage versus left atrial drainage

Artificial Organs

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1288-1291

  Tayama, Eiki ^a,b   Ohashi, Yukihiko ^a   Niimi, Yoshinari ^a   Takami, Yoshiyuki ^a   Ohtsuka, Goro ^a   Benkowski, Robert ^a   Glueck, Julia A ^a   Nosé, Yukihiko ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Continuous flow pump; Left ventricular assist device; Regurgitation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; SPEED;

AXIAL PUMPS; BACK FLOW; CONTINUOUS FLOW PUMPS; CONTINUOUS-FLOW; IN-VITRO; LEFT VENTRICULAR; PULSATILE PUMP; PUMP SPEED; REGURGITATION; SIMULATION TESTS;

LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES;

AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PUMP; BLOOD REGURGITATION; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031473869     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1997.tb00490.x     Document Type: Article

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