Observation of cavitation bubbles in monoleaflet mechanical heart valves

Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 121-127

  Lee, Hwansung ^a   Tsukiya, Tomonori ^a   Homma, Akihiko ^a   Kamimura, Tadayuki ^a   Takewa, Yoshiaki ^a   Tatsumi, Eisuke ^a   Taenaka, Yoshiyuki ^a   Takano, Hisateru ^a   Kitamura, Soichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Electrohydraulic total artificial heart; Mechanical heart valve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART; BLOOD CELL; CELL DAMAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOMETRY; HEART RATE; HEART VALVE; MOTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 11244354978     PISSN: 14347229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-004-0258-8     Document Type: Article

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