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Effects of pannus formation on the flow around a bileaflet mechanical heart valve

Some patients with a bileaflet mechanical heart valve (BMHV) show significant increases in the transvalvular pressure drop and abnormal leaflet motion due to a pannus (an abnormal fibrovascular tissue) formed on the ventricular side, even in the absence of physical contact between the pannus and lea...

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Autores principales: Kim, Woojin, Choi, Haecheon, Kweon, Jihoon, Yang, Dong Hyun, Kim, Young-Hak
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7292405/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32530931
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234341