Bileaflet mechanical heart valve closing sounds: in vitro classification by phonocardiographic analysis

Time-dependent analysis of leaflets in m

Time-dependent analysis of leaflets in mechanical aortic bileaflet heart valves in closing phase using the finite strip method

✍ H. Mohammadi; M.T. Ahmadian; W.K. Wan 📂 Article 📅 2006 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 815 KB

## Background and aims of the study: Mechanical heart valves (mhv) are widely used to replace dysfunctional and failed heart valves. the bileaflet mhv design is very popular due to its superior hemodynamics. since their introduction in 1977, the hemodynamics of bileaflet prostheses has been extensi