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Comparative Study of Wall-Shear Stress at the Ascending Aorta for Different Mechanical Heart Valve Prostheses

Qianhui Li1, Franziska Hegner2, Christoph H Bruecker1

  • 1School of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering, City, University of London, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB, UK.

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
|April 4, 2019
PubMed

Keywords:
PIVaortic valve flowmicropillar sensorswall shear stress

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