Mechanisms of mechanical heart valve cavitation: Investigation using a tilting disk valve model

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 666-674

  He, Z ^a   Xi, B ^a   Zhu, K ^a   Hwang, N H C ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMERA; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ELASTICITY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STROBOSCOPY; TENSION; TIME;

BIOMECHANICS; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034793868     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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