The application of passive flow control to bileaflet mechanical heart valve leakage jets
Bileaflet mechanical heart valves (BMHVs), though a life-saving tool in treating heart valve disease, are often associated with serious complications, including a high risk of hemolysis, platelet activation, and thromboembolism. One likely cause of this hyper-coagulative state is the nonphysiologic...
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Georgia Institute of Technology
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/31700 |