Arterial compliance is a main variable determining the effectiveness of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation: Quantitative data from an in vitro study

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 279-284

  Papaioannou, Theodoros G ^a   Mathioulakis, Dimitrios S ^b   Nanas, John N ^a   Tsangaris, Sokratis G ^b   Stamatelopoulos, Stamatios F ^a   Moulopoulos, Spyridon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Assisted circulation; Counterpulsation; Mock circulation

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; PERFORMANCE;

HEART RATES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

AORTA BALLOON; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; COUNTERPULSATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPLIANCE; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMPING; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR CAPACITANCE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0036252346     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(02)00013-9     Document Type: Article

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