Visualization of the hinge flow in a 5:1 scaled model of the medtronic parallel bileaflet heart valve prosthesis

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 25, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 512-518

  Healy, T M ^a   Fontaine, A A ^a   Ellis, J T ^b   Walton, S P ^a   Yoganathan, A P ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; DYES; FLOW PATTERNS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES;

HINGE FLOW;

FLOW VISUALIZATION;

EID: 0032183514     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003480050257     Document Type: Article

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