Measurement of the closing behavior of the Björk-Shiley monoleaflet mechanical heart valve with an electrohydraulic total artificial heart

Artificial Organs

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 744-748

  Lee, Hwansung ^a   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

Bj rk Shiley monoleaflet valve; Cavitation threshold; Closing behavior; Electrohydraulic total artificial heart

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART; BLOOD VESSELS; CAVITATION; HEART; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; HYDRAULICS;

AORTIC POSITION; BJÖRK-SHILEY MONOLEAFLET VALVE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CAVITATION THRESHOLDS; CLOSING BEHAVIOR; CLOSING VELOCITY; MEASUREMENTS OF; MECHANICAL HEART VALVES; MITRAL VALVES; MONOLEAFLET;

VALVES (MECHANICAL);

AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART; BJOERK SHILEY VALVE PROSTHESIS; BLOOD PUMP; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEASUREMENT; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR;

MURINE HEPATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0041828719     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.2003.06981.x     Document Type: Article

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