The effect of LVAD aortic outflow-graft placement on hemodynamics and flow: Implantation technique and computer flow modeling

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 294-298

  Kar, Biswajit ^a   Delgado III, Reynolds M ^a   Frazier, O H ^a   Gregoric, Igor D ^a   Harting, Matthew T ^a   Wadia, Yasmin ^a   Myers, Timothy J ^a   Moser, Robert D ^b   Freund, Jonathan ^c  

^a TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Aorta; Axial flow; Computer simulation; Heart failure; Heart assist devices; Hemodynamic processes physiology; Nonpulsatile flow; Outflow graft; Regional blood flow

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER MODEL; DESCENDING AORTA; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEMODYNAMICS; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24944570259     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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