Numerical simulation of mechanical mitral heart valve closure

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 665-676

  Aluri, S ^a   Chandran, K B ^b  

^a GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow in the clearance region; Negative pressure transients; Potential for cavitation; Shear stresses

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SHEAR STRESS; STEADY FLOW;

FLOW IN THE CLEARANCE REGION; MECHANICAL MITRAL HEART VALVE CLOSURE; NEGATIVE PRESSURE TRANSIENT; POTENTIAL FOR CAVITATION;

CARDIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE; PROSTHESIS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 0034741647     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.1385810     Document Type: Article

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