Cavitation phenomenon in monoleaflet mechanical heart valves with electrohydraulic total artificial heart

International Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 779-786

  Lee, Hwansung ^a   Taenaka, Y ^a   Kitamura, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cavitation bubbles; Cavitation threshold; Closing velocity; Mechanical heart valve

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART; HEART; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; HYDRAULICS; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

CAVITATION BUBBLE; CAVITATION PHENOMENON; CAVITATION THRESHOLDS; CLOSING VELOCITY; HIGH-SPEED CAMERAS; MECHANICAL HEART VALVES; MITRAL VALVES; MONOLEAFLET; SQUEEZE FLOW; THREE PARAMETERS;

CAVITATION;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART; CAMERA; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASER; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SENSOR; VELOCITY;

EID: 13644254170     PISSN: 03913988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/039139880402700908     Document Type: Article

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