Velocities, shear stresses and blood damage potential of the leakage jets of the Medtronic Parallel(TM) bileaflet valve

International Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-48

  Zimmer, R ^a   Steegers, A ^b   Paul, R ^b   Affeld, K ^a   Reul, H ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood damage potential; Laser doppler anemometry; Leakage jet; Mechanical heart valve prostheses; Medtronic Parallel(TM); Regurgitant flow

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; BLOOD VESSELS; CLASSIFIERS; DAMAGE DETECTION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; HINGES; PLATELETS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

BLOOD DAMAGE; BLOOD DAMAGE POTENTIAL; DAMAGE INDEX; DAMAGE POTENTIAL; LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY; LEAKAGE JET; MECHANICAL HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MECHANICAL HEART VALVES; MEDTRONIC PARALLEL(TM); REGURGITANT FLOW;

LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS;

ANEMOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD REGURGITATION; CELL DAMAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ERYTHROCYTE; HEART VALVE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JET INJECTOR; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; SHEAR STRESS; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034000468     PISSN: 03913988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/039139880002300107     Document Type: Article

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