Characteristics of cavitation intensity in a mechanical heart valve using a pulsatile device: Synchronized analysis between visual images and pressure signals

Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 60-66

  Lee, Hwansung ^a   Akagawa, Eiki ^a   Tatsumi, Eisuke ^a   Taenaka, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Mechanical heart valve; Pneumatic ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CAMERA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGITAL FILTERING; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OSCILLOSCOPE; PNEUMATIC VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; SENSOR; TIME; VELOCITY;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; PRESSURE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 46749134309     PISSN: 14347229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-008-0408-5     Document Type: Article

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