Ascending aorta outflow graft location and pulsatile ventricular assist provide optimal hemodynamic support in an adult mock circulation

Artificial Organs

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 629-635

  Litwak, Kenneth N ^a,b,c   Koenig, Steven C ^a   Cheng, Rolando C ^a   Giridharan, Guruprasad A ^a   Gillars, Kevin J ^a   Pantalos, George M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemodynamics; Mock circulation; Ventricular assist

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ARCHES; BLOOD; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HEMODYNAMICS; LOCATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS; AORTIC ARCH; AORTIC BLOOD FLOW; CONTINUOUS-FLOW; HAEMODYNAMICS; MOCK CIRCULATION; PULSATILES; PULSATILITY; VENTRICULAR ASSIST; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

BLOOD VESSELS;

AORTA FLOW; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; HEART GRAFT; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART VENTRICLE WORK; INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 27744458446     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2005.29100.x     Document Type: Article

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