Optimization of axial-pump pressure sensitivity for a continuous-flow total artificial heart

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 687-691

  Frazier, O H ^a   Khalil, Hassan A ^a   Benkowski, Robert J ^b   Cohn, William E ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MicroMed Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pump rotary; mechanical circulatory support; mechanical modeling; perfusion nonpulsatile; total artificial heart

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTINUOUS FLOW TOTAL ARTIFICIAL HEART; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PULSATILE FLOW;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART, ARTIFICIAL; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 77952543784     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.12.017     Document Type: Article

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