Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 295-305 , April 2009

Flow through a defective mechanical heart valve: A steady flow analysis

  • O. Smadi

      Affiliations

    • Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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  • M. Fenech

      Affiliations

    • Mechanical Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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  • I. Hassan

      Affiliations

    • Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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  • L. Kadem

      Affiliations

    • Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Laboratory for Cardiovascular Fluid Dynamics, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd W, Montreal, QC, Canada H3G 1M8. Tel.: +1 514 848 2424x3143; fax: +1 514 848 3175.

Received 20 November 2007 ,Revised 27 May 2008 ,Accepted 1 July 2008.

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PII: S1350-4533(08)00113-6

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.07.003

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 295-305 , April 2009

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