An experimental study of steady flow patterns of a new trileaflet mechanical aortic valve

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 336-341

  Liu, Jia Shing ^a   Lu, Po Chien ^b   Lo, Chi Wen ^b   Lai, Ho Cheng ^a   Hwang, Ned H C ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR VALVE BASE; SEMICIRCULAR AORTIC SINUSES; ST. JUDE MEDICAL (SJM); THROMBOSIS FORMATION;

BLOOD; CELLS; SEPARATION; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENT FLOW;

HEMODYNAMICS;

AORTA SINUS; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD FLOW; DIGITAL PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; FLOWMETER; HEMODYNAMICS; LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY; MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE; SHEAR STRESS; THROMBOSIS; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX MOTION;

AORTIC VALVE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 23044503759     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mat.0000169113.43162.98     Document Type: Article

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