Flow visualization in mechanical heart valves: occluder rebound and cavitation potential

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 431-441

  Kini, V ^a   Bachmann, C ^a   Fontaine, A ^a   Deutsch, S ^a   Tarbell, J M ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; CAVITATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW VISUALIZATION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CAVITATION POTENTIAL; MECHANICAL HEART VALVES; OCCLUDER REBOUND; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; REGURGITATION;

PACEMAKERS;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MITRAL VALVE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMOLYSIS; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MITRAL VALVE;

EID: 0033623709     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.281     Document Type: Article

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