Filament support spindle for an intravascular cavopulmonary assist device

Artificial Organs

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1039-1044

  Throckmorton, Amy L ^a   Kapadia, Jugal Y ^a   Wittenschlaeger, Thomas M ^a   Medina, Tanisha J ^a   Hoang, Hien Q ^a   Bhavsar, Sonya S ^a  

^a Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial right ventricle; Cavopulmonary assist device; Fontan completion; Heart pump; Intravascular blood pump; Mechanical cavopulmonary assist; Pediatric circulatory support; Single ventricle physiology; Ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES; PUMPS;

ARTIFICIAL RIGHT VENTRICLE; ASSIST DEVICE; BLOOD PUMP; CAVOPULMONARY ASSIST DEVICE; CIRCULATORY SUPPORT; FONTAN COMPLETION; HEART PUMP; INTRAVASCULAR; INTRAVASCULAR BLOOD PUMP; MECHANICAL; MECHANICAL CAVOPULMONARY ASSIST; PEDIATRIC CIRCULATORY SUPPORT; RIGHT VENTRICLE; SINGLE VENTRICLE PHYSIOLOGIES; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PUMP; CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW RATE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP DESIGN;

EID: 78649557585     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2010.01139.x     Document Type: Article

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