Bubble formation on St. Jude medical mechanical heart valves: An in-vitro study

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 406-410

  Milo, Simcha ^a   Gutfinger, Chaim ^b   Yu chi Chu, Gina ^c   Gharib, Morteza ^c  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERATION; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAS FLOW; HEART BEAT; HEART OUTPUT; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; SIMULATOR; VOLUMETRY;

AORTIC VALVE; BIOPROSTHESIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PULSATILE FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037975568     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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