Increasing the Transmitted Flow Pulse in a Rotary Left Ventricular Assist Device

Artificial Organs

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 859-867

  Gaddum, Nicholas Richard ^a   Fraser, John F ^a   Timms, Daniel Lee ^a  

^a THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flow pulsatility; Left ventricular assist device control; Mixed flow; Performance gradient; Rotary pump design; Transmitted flow pulse

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; OBSERVABILITY; OPTICAL PUMPING; PATIENT TREATMENT; ROTARY PUMPS;

DEVICE CONTROL; FLOW PULSE; LEAVE VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE CONTROL; MIXED FLOWS; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE CURVE; PERFORMANCE GRADIENT; PUMP DESIGN; ROTARY PUMP DESIGN; TRANSMITTED FLOW PULSE;

LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PUMP; BLOOD VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

EID: 84867159561     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2012.01485.x     Document Type: Article

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