Hemodynamics of a bileaflet mechanical heart valve with different levels of dysfunction [PDF]
, 2017 Heart disease is one of leading causes of mortality worldwide. Healthy heart valves are key for proper heart function. When these valves dysfunction, a replacement is often necessary in severe cases.
F. Khalili, P. Gamage, H. Mansy
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Comparative study of wall shear stress at the ascending aorta for different mechanical heart valve prostheses [PDF]
, 2019 An experimental study is reported which investigates the wall shear stress (WSS) distribution in a transparent model of the human aorta comparing a bileaflet mechanical heart valve (BMHV) with a trileaflet mechanical heart valve (TMHV) in physiological ...
Bruecker, C., Li, Q.
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Circulation, 2021 Over the past few decades, advances in pharmacological, catheter-based, and surgical reperfusion have improved outcomes for patients with acute myocardial infarctions.
Abdulla A. Damluji +8 more
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Synergistic Model of Cardiac Function with a Heart Assist Device [PDF]
, 2019 The breakdown of cardiac self-organization leads to heart diseases and failure, the number one cause of death worldwide. The left ventricular pressure–volume relation plays a key role in the diagnosis and treatment of heart diseases.
Bestel, Haken, Knudsen, Simaan, Tuzun
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Non–Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants for Mechanical Heart Valves: Is the Door Still Open?
Circulation, 2018 The estimated prevalence of mitral or aortic valvular heart disease is ≈2.5% in the general population of Western countries, and is expected to rise with population aging.
Alberto Aimo +2 more
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Experimental evaluation of mechanical heart support system based on viscous friction disc pump
Вестник трансплантологии и искусственных органов, 2017 Aim. Experimental evaluation of the viscous friction disk pump efficiency, studying the relationship between inter-disk clearance and sizes of input and output ports and pump performance parameters.Materials and methods. To assess the characteristics and
A. M. Chernyavskiy +8 more
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Adverse Hemodynamic Conditions Associated with Mechanical Heart Valve Leaflet Immobility
Bioengineering, 2018 Artificial heart valves may dysfunction, leading to thrombus and/or pannus formations. Computational fluid dynamics is a promising tool for improved understanding of heart valve hemodynamics that quantify detailed flow velocities and turbulent stresses ...
F. Khalili +3 more
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A giant mystery in giant cell myocarditis: navigating diagnosis, immunosuppression, and mechanical circulatory support. [PDF]
, 2020 Giant cell myocarditis is a rare but often devastating diagnosis. Advances in cardiac imaging and mechanical circulatory support have led to earlier and more frequent diagnoses and successful management. This disease state has wide variation in acuity of
Dunn, Steven P +3 more
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Mechanical bridge to heart transplantation
Сучасні медичні технології, 2019 Purpose of the study. The purpose of the work is to assess the effectiveness of using mechanical support for blood circulation in potential cardiac recipients who need urgent transplantation. Material and methods.
A. S. Nikonenko, V. G. Tanskyi
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Heart ventricular histology and microvasculature together with aortic histology and elastic lamellar structure: A comparison of a novel dual-purpose to a broiler chicken line [PDF]
, 2019 The use of dual-purpose chickens is a strategy to avoid killing one-day-old male chicks of egg laying lines. Lohmann Dual (LD) is a novel dual-purpose chicken line created by the crossbreeding of layer and broiler lines.
Al Masri, S. +7 more
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