Flow study on a newly developed impeller for a left ventricular assist device

Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 92-100

  Hsu, Cheung Hwa ^a  

^a SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Finite volume method; Left ventricular assist device; Partial differential equations; Secondary flows

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART; BIOARTIFICIAL ORGAN; BLOOD PUMP; CANNULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DEVICE; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMPELLER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038609015     PISSN: 14347229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-003-0205-0     Document Type: Article

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