Cavitation versus degassing: In vitro study of the microbubble phenomenon observed during echocardiography in patients with mechanical prosthetic cardiac valves

Echocardiography

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 531-536

  Girod, Grégoire ^a   Jaussi, Andres ^a   Rosset, Cédric ^b   De Werra, Philippe ^b   Hirt, Félix ^c   Kappenberger, Lukas ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Mecanics   (Switzerland)

^c Sulzer Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Degassing; Mechanical heart valve; Microbubbles

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAPORIZATION;

BIOPHYSICS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EMBOLISM, AIR; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 0036776095     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2002.00531.x     Document Type: Article

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