Mechanisms of cavitation and the formation of stable bubbles on the Björk-Shiley Monostrut prosthetic heart valve

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 105-113

  Bachmann, Christopher ^a   Kini, Vinayak ^a   Deutsch, Steven ^a   Fontaine, Arnold A ^a   Tarbell, John M ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BJOERK SHILEY VALVE PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GAS EMBOLISM; HEART VALVE; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VORTEX MOTION; AIR EMBOLISM; BIOMECHANICS; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS;

BIOMECHANICS; EMBOLISM, AIR; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 0036357996     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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