Closing behavior of the mechanical heart valve in a total artificial heart

Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-41

  Lee, Hwan Sung ^a,b   Tsukiya, Tomonori ^b   Homma, Akihiko ^b   Taenaka, Yoshiyuki ^b   Tatsumi, Eisuke ^b   Takano, Hisateru ^b  

^a Korea University Ansan Hospital   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cavitation threshold; Closing behavior; Mechanical heart valve; Total artificial heart

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART; BIOMECHANICS; CAVITATION; FRACTURE; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PRELOAD; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VELOCITY; WOUND CLOSURE;

BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART, ARTIFICIAL; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 0038333498     PISSN: 14347229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100470300006     Document Type: Article

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