In vitro evaluation of the long-body On-X® bileaflet heart valve

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 561-568

  Hwang, Ned H C ^a,c   Reul, Helmut ^b   Reinhard, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODEL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS;

AORTIC VALVE; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PULSATILE FLOW; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0031667874     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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