Effects of leaflet geometry on the flow field in three bileaflet valves when installed in a pneumatic ventricular assist device

Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 98-104

  Lee, Hwansung ^a   Ikeuchi, Yoshiaki ^b   Akagawa, Eiki ^a   Tatsumi, Eisuke ^a   Taenaka, Yoshiyuki ^a   Yamamoto, Takao ^b  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bileaflet mechanical heart valve; Flow visualization; Particle image velocimetry; Pneumatic ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATS VALVE; BLOOD PUMP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; GEOMETRY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PNEUMATIC VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS;

HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 67650663207     PISSN: 14347229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-009-0453-8     Document Type: Article

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