A new flow model for Doppler ultrasound study of prosthetic heart valves

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-95

  Durand, Louis Gilles ^a,d   Garcia, Damien ^a   Sakr, Frederic ^a   Sava, Herkole ^a   Cimon, Richard ^a   Pibarot, Philippe ^a,b   Fenster, Aaron ^c   Dumesnil, Jean G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FLOW; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODEL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033056498     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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