Flow in prosthetic heart valves: State-of-the-art and future directions

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 12 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 1689-1694

  Yoganathan, Ajit P ^a   Chandran, K B ^b   Sotiropoulos, Fotis ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b IA United States   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioprosthetic implants; Blood flow; Computational fluid dynamics; Experimental techniques; Mechanical implants; Prosthetic heart valves

Indexed keywords

BIOPROSTHETIC IMPLANTS; BLOOD FLOW; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; MECHANICAL IMPLANTS;

BLOOD; COAGULATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEMODYNAMICS; PRESSURE DROP; TISSUE;

HEART VALVE PROSTHESES;

ANIMAL; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPROSTHESIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BIOPROSTHESIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS;

EID: 29844458743     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-005-8759-z     Document Type: Article

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