An integrated macro/micro approach evaluating pivot flow within the medtronic ADVANTAGE™ bileaflet mechanical heart valve

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 503-512

  Shu, Mark C S ^a   Gross, Jeffery M ^a   O'Rourke, Keith K ^b   Yoganathan, Ajit P ^c  

^a MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^b Adaptive Research Inc   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEART CYCLE; HEMOSTASIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICROSCOPY; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; SIMULATION; THROMBOGENESIS;

AORTIC VALVE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIAC OUTPUT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MITRAL VALVE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0042563078     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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