Toward designing the optimal total cavopulmonary connection: An in vitro study

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1384-1390

  Ensley, Ann E ^a,b,c   Lynch, Patricia ^a,b,c   Chatzimavroudis, George P ^a,b,c   Lucas, Carol ^a,b,c   Sharma, Shiva ^a,b,c   Yoganathan, Ajit P ^c  

^a Parker H Petit Institute of Bioengineering and Biosciences   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLOW RATE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; VEIN BYPASS;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULMONARY ARTERY; TRICUSPID ATRESIA; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 0032741594     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00560-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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