Comparison of the hinge flow fields of two bileaflet mechanical heart valves under aortic and mitral conditions

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1607-1617

  Simon, Hélène A ^a   Leo, Hwa Liang ^b   Carberry, Josie ^c   Yognathan, Ajit P ^c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

CarboMedics valve; Implant location; Laser Doppler Velocimetry (LDV); St. Jude Medical Regent valve; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; FLOW PATTERNS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); UNSTEADY FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

CARBOMEDICS VALVE; IMPLANT LOCATION; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY (LDV); ST.JUDE MEDICAL REGENT VALVE; THROMBOSIS;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

AORTA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MITRAL VALVE; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PULSATILE FLOW; THROMBOSIS;

AORTA; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HEART, ARTIFICIAL; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PULSATILE FLOW; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 12344269940     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-004-7814-5     Document Type: Article

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