The hemodynamics of the Berlin pulsatile VAD and the role of its MHV configuration

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1373-1388

  Avrahami, Idit ^a   Rosenfeld, Moshe ^b   Einav, Shmuel ^b,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Mechanical heart valves; Mixing and washout properties; Platelet level of activation; Pulsatile VAD; Ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERNS; HEALTH RISKS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES;

MECHANICAL HEART VALVES; MIXING AND WASHOUT PROPERTIES; PLATELET LEVEL OF ACTIVATION; PULSATILE VAD; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART VALVE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK FACTOR; SHEAR STRENGTH; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOSIS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PLATELETS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK FACTORS; SHEAR STRENGTH; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33749011474     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-006-9149-x     Document Type: Article

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