In-vitro localization of initial flow-induced thrombus formation in bileaflet mechanical heart valves

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-23

  Scharfschwerdt, Michael ^a   Thomschke, Melanie ^a   Sievers, Hans H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-COAGULATION; AORTIC POSITION; BILEAFLET; BLOOD CLOTTING; CLOT FORMATION; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; INITIAL FLOW; INITIAL STAGES; MECHANICAL HEART VALVES; MOCK CIRCULATION; ST. JUDE MEDICAL; THROMBUS FORMATION; VALVE DESIGN;

VALVES (MECHANICAL);

HEART VALVE PROSTHESES;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CIRCULATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MILK; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; FLOW KINETICS; THROMBOSIS;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MILK; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RHEOLOGY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 62449113173     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e318190458f     Document Type: Article

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