Transient, three-dimensional flow field simulation through a mechanical, trileaflet heart valve prosthesis

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 278-282

  Kaufmann, Tim A S ^a   Linde, Torsten ^a   Cuenca Navalon, Elena ^a   Schmitz, Christoph ^a   Hormes, Marcus ^a   Schmitz Rode, Thomas ^a   Steinseifer, Ulrich ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VOLUMES; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOWTHROUGH; FLUID DOMAIN; HYDRODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; MECHANICAL HEART VALVES; MECHANICAL VALVES; NUMERICAL FLOW; PLATELET ACTIVATION; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; PRESSURE PROFILES; SHEAR RATES; TEST RIGS; THREE DIMENSIONAL FLOW FIELD; THROMBUS FORMATION;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BLOOD; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEART; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

VALVES (MECHANICAL);

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; HEART VALVE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; RISK; SHEAR STRENGTH; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PLATELETS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RISK; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOFTWARE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 79960350898     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e318222849c     Document Type: Article

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