Role of vortices in cavitation formation in the flow across a mechanical heart valve

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 435-445

  Li, Chi Pei ^a   Lu, Po Chien ^a   Liu, Jia Shing ^b   Lo, Chi Wen ^a   Hwang, Ned H ^b  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BIOMECHANICS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MICROBUBBLES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 50249114523     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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