Evaluation of effects of mechanical heart valve design parameters

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Bioengineering Division (Publication) BED

Volumn 50, Issue , 2001, Pages 873-874

  Woo, Yi Ren ^a   Cai, Chad ^a   Kruse, Steve ^a  

^a St Jude Medical Inc USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HEMODYNAMICS; JETS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); ORIFICES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING;

PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV);

HEART VALVE PROSTHESES;

EID: 0242693400     PISSN: 10716947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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