Continuous infusion thermodilution for assessment of coronary flow: Theoretical background and in vitro validation

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 688-694

  van't Veer, Marcel ^a,b   Geven, Maartje C F ^a   Rutten, Marcel C M ^a   van der Horst, Arjen ^a   Aarnoudse, Wilbert H ^b   Pijls, Nico H J ^a,b   van de Vosse, Frans N ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coronary circulation; Coronary flow; Coronary physiology; In vitro model; Thermodilution

Indexed keywords

CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY FLOW; CORONARY PHYSIOLOGY; IN VITRO MODEL; THERMODILUTION;

BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATHETERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

MIXING;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FLOW RATE; GUIDE WIRE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFUSION RATE; MICROCIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMODILUTION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMODILUTION;

EID: 67549146747     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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