Noise levels of closing sounds in vivo are equal for different bileaflet mechanical heart valves

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 764-771

  Johansen, Peter ^a   Hansen, Søren Berndt ^a   Hasenkam, J Michael ^a   Nygaard, Hans ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENERGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE RELAXATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WORK; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VOLUME; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPOTHESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROPHONE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND PRESSURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWINE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; BIOPROSTHESIS; HEART SOUNDS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MODELS, ANIMAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SWINE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0345328599     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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