Abstract: Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy is a heart disease characterized by a thickened interventricular septum which narrows the left ventricular outflow tract, and by systolic anterior motion ...

Abstract: The need for better and longer lasting trileaflet valves has led to the design and development of the Abiomed polymeric trileaflet valve prosthesis. In-vitro fluid dynamic studies on sizes 25 ...

Abstract: Mitral and tricuspid regurgitation create turbulent jets within the atria. Clinically, for the purpose of estimating regurgitant severity, jet size is assumed to be proportional to peak jet flow ...

Abstract: The noninvasive quantification of mitral regurgitation remains an important clinical goal. Recently, the flow convergence method was developed to estimate the regurgitant flow rate. This study ...

Abstract: The flow (Q) through regurgitant valves may be quantified by multiplying the area of an isovelocity contour (isovel) by its velocity. This was tested computationally and experimentally (using ...

Abstract: In vitro pulsatile flow visualization studies were conducted to assess the effects of varying radii of curvature of the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) and main pulmonary artery (MPA) ...

Abstract: In-vitro pulsatile flow visualization studies were conducted in an adult-sized pulmonary artery model to observe the effects of valvular pulmonic stenosis on the flow fields of the main, left ...

Abstract: The Fontan operation is one in which the right heart is bypassed leaving the left ventricle to drive the blood through both the capillaries and the lungs, making it important to design an ...