An In Vitro Investigation of the Flow Fields Through Bileaflet and Polymeric Prosthetic Heart Valves
Current designs of bileaflet mechanical heart valves (BMHVs) and trileaflet polymeric heart valves(TPHVs) are plagued by unacceptable levels of hemolysis and thrombus formation in critical areas thereby producing mediocre clinical performance. The objective of this study is: (1) to investigate the i...
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Georgia Institute of Technology
2006
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/11644 |