Flow Velocity and Turbulence in the Transverse Aorta of a Proximally Directed Aortic Cannula: Hydrodynamic Study in a Transparent Model

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1866-1871

  Fukuda, Ikuo ^a   Fujimori, Shingo ^b   Daitoku, Kazuyuki ^b   Yanaoka, Hideki ^b   Inamura, Takao ^b  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAMERA; CANNULA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MODEL; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCIMETRY;

AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATHETERIZATION; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 65649106994     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.03.054     Document Type: Article

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