Hydraulic functional characterisation of aortic mechanical heart valve prostheses through lumped-parameter modelling

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1427-1432

  Fiore, G B ^a   Grigioni, M ^b   Daniele, C ^b   D'Avenio, G ^b   Barbaro, V ^b   Fumero, R ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

In vitro experiments; Lumped parameter modelling; Mechanical prosthetic heart valves

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; HYDRAULICS;

LEAFLETS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMICS; MODEL; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS;

AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PULSATILE FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036804453     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(02)00177-X     Document Type: Article

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