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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |