A new dual activation simulator of the left heart that reproduces physiological and pathological conditions

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 558-561

  Mouret, F ^a   Garitey, V ^a   Gandelheid, T ^a   Fuseri, J ^a   Rieu, R ^a  

^a Ecole Centrale Marseille   (France)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiovascular system; Fourier analysis; Hydrodynamic simulation; Pulse duplicator

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FLOW CONTROL; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

DUAL ACTIVATION SIMULATOR; PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS;

HEART VALVE PROSTHESES;

AORTA; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYNAMICS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; IMPEDANCE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PUMP; SIMULATOR; WAVEFORM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 0034281870     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02345753     Document Type: Article

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