Hemodynamics of high-performance bileaflet valves: Comparison to simulated clinical Doppler measurements

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 549-556

  Dohmen, Guido ^a,b   Schmitz, Christoph ^a   Schmitz Rode, Thomas ^a   Steinseifer, Ulrich ^a   Autschbach, Rüdiger ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW UP; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR; SYSTOLE;

BIOMECHANICS; CARDIAC OUTPUT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EVALUATION STUDIES; HEART RATE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 33746441513     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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