Mechanisms of mechanical heart valve cavitation in an electrohydraulic total artificial heart

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 208-213

  Lee, Hwansung ^a   Taenaka, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kitamura, Soichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CAVITATION; CELLS; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; VELOCITY;

ARTIFICIAL HEART; CAVITATION BUBBLES; ELECTROHYDRAULICS; SQUEEZE FLOW;

VALVES (MECHANICAL);

GLYCEROL; WATER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; HEART VALVE; HEART VALVE CAVITATION; HEMOLYSIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION;

HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART, ARTIFICIAL; HUMANS; PRESSURE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 18744390793     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MAT.0000159383.40133.92     Document Type: Article

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