Valveless pump models that laid a false but fortuitous trail on the way towards the total cavopulmonary connection

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2005, Pages 74-79

  Kilner, Philip J ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluid dynamics; Fontan operation; Heart function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL CAPACITANCE; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CAVA VEIN; CIRCULATION; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART VALVE; HEART VENTRICLE FILLING; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEART, ARTIFICIAL; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 27744604719     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104795110500168X     Document Type: Article

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