A numerical simulation of mechanical heart valve closure fluid dynamics

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 881-892

  Lai, Yong G ^a   Chandran, Krishnan B ^a,b   Lemmon, Jack ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b IA United States   (United States)

^c MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavitation initiation; Clearance flow dynamics; Computational flow simulation; Leaflet closing velocity; Negative pressure transients

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

HEART VALVE CLOSURE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID FLOW; GEOMETRY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MOTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VELOCITY;

BIOMECHANICS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTION; PRESSURE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 0036270087     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(02)00056-8     Document Type: Article

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