Editorial: Is pulsatile blood flow no longer essential?

Circulation

Volumn 120, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 2313-2314

  Miller, Leslie W ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Editorials; Heart failure; Heart assist device; Kidney; Physiology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PUMP; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; COGNITION; DATA ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SAFETY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HEMODYNAMICS; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; PULSATILE FLOW; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 73449132209     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.908582     Document Type: Editorial

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