Observation of cavitation pits on a mechanical heart valve surface in an artificial heart used in in vivo testing

Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-110

  Lee, Hwansung ^a   Homma, Akihiko ^a   Tatsumi, Eisuke ^a   Taenaka, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Cavitation pits; Electrohydraulic total artificial heart; Mechanical heart valve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART; BLOOD PUMP; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMOLYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART, ARTIFICIAL; PRESSURE;

EID: 67650660659     PISSN: 14347229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-009-0458-3     Document Type: Article

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