Hydrodynamic characteristics of bileaflet mechanical heart valves in an artificial heart: Cavitation and closing velocity

Artificial Organs

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 532-537

  Lee, Hwansung ^a,b   Homma, Akihiko ^a   Taenaka, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a Clinical Research Institute   (Japan)

^b Kyushu University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cavitation intensity; Closing velocity; Electrohydraulic total artificial heart; Mechanical heart valve

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART; CAVITATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; HYDRAULICS; VALVES (MECHANICAL); VELOCITY;

BILEAFLET; BILEAFLET MECHANICAL HEART VALVES; CAVITATION INTENSITY; CLOSING VELOCITY; HEART-RATE; HYDRODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; MECHANICAL HEART VALVES; MINNEAPOLIS; VALVE CAVITATION; VALVE-CLOSING VELOCITY;

HEART;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART; ELECTROHYDRAULIC TOTAL ARTIFICIAL HEART; HEART RATE; HEART VALVE; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

EID: 34250776505     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2007.00419.x     Document Type: Article

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