Impulsive-Motion Model for Computing the Closing Motion of Mechanical Heart-Valve Leaflets

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1031-1039

  Myers, Matthew R ^a   Porter, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Heart valve model; Occluder closing motion; Occluder velocity

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CAVITATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

OCCLUDER VELOCITY;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPROSTHESIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HEART VALVE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; VALIDATION STUDY;

BIOPROSTHESIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVES; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MOTION; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 0242289526     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.1603750     Document Type: Article

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