Development and investigation of bileaflet heart valve prostheses

Artificial heart valves are in use the last four decades. They seem to be gaining ever increasing popularity though they are prone to have problems such as thrombosis and haemolysis. Of the mechanical heart valves available, the bileaflet valves exhibit superior haemodynamic characteristics over the...

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Main Author: Ramesh Veerappan
Other Authors: Yeo, Joon Hock
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/13401