The Influence of the Aortic Root Geometry on Flow Characteristics of a Prosthetic Heart Valve

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Barannyk, Oleksandr ^a   Oshkai, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; GEOMETRY; HEART; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; PROSTHETICS; SHEAR STRESS;

AORTIC PRESSURE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; DIFFERENT GEOMETRY; ORIFICE CONSTANTS; PLATELET ACTIVATION; PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE; REYNOLDS SHEAR STRESS; VALVE REPLACEMENT;

BLOOD VESSELS;

AORTA; AORTA PRESSURE; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GEOMETRY; HEART OUTPUT; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; WAVEFORM; HEMODYNAMICS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; THROMBOSIS;

AORTA; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; PRESSURE; PULSATILE FLOW; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84924362842     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4029747     Document Type: Article

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