Can regurgitant flow damage the left atrial endothelium in patients with prosthetic mechanical heart valves?

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 344-352

  Milo, Simcha ^a   Zarandi, Mehrdad ^b   Gutfinger, Chaim ^c   Gharib, Morteza ^b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD REGURGITATION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL STRESS; ENDOTHELIUM; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; ALGORITHM; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; FLOW KINETICS; FLOWMETER; FUNCTIONS OF THE HEMIC, LYMPHATIC AND RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEMS; HEART ATRIUM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; SYSTOLE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PHYSIOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FLOWMETERS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HEART ATRIA; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MOTION PICTURES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RHEOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SYSTOLE;

EID: 24344445511     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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