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Heart, Artificial

Known as: Artificial Heart, heart prosthesis, heart artificial 
A pumping mechanism that duplicates the output, rate, and blood pressure of the natural heart. It may replace the function of the entire heart or a… 
National Institutes of Health

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Artificial VentricleHeart Valve ProsthesisHeart-Lung MachineMicrobiological

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Prosthesiscardiovascular prosthesis

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Review
2004
Review
2004
Regenerative capacity of the myocardium: implications for treatment of heart failure
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Pregnancy and mechanical heart valves replacement; dilemma of anticoagulation.
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Fabrication of Ti–O/Ti–N duplex coatings on biomedical titanium alloys by metal plasma immersion ion implantation and reactive plasma nitriding/oxidation
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
In vitro methods to study staphylococcal biofilm formation.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Evolution of mechanical heart valves.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Bleeding risk factors in chronic oral anticoagulation with acenocoumarol
We studied major bleeding complications, death related to hemorrhage, and tried to identify predisposing factors for bleeding in… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
An In Vitro Study of the Hinge and Near-Field Forward Flow Dynamics of the St. Jude Medical® Regent™ Bileaflet Mechanical Heart Valve
AbstractThe most widely implanted prosthetic valve is the mechanical bileaflet. Recent clinical experiences suggest that some… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
A microstructural flow analysis within a bileaflet mechanical heart valve hinge.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS OF THE STUDY During recent clinical trials, the Medtronic Parallel bileaflet heart valve was found to have an… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Ultrasonic tissue characterization of human hypertrophied hearts in vivo with cardiac cycle-dependent variation in integrated backscatter.
Integrated ultrasonic backscatter (IB) is a noninvasive measure of the acoustic properties of myocardium. Previous experimental… 
Review
1986
Review
1986
Flow characteristics of four commonly used mechanical heart valves.
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