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High-resolution measurements of leakage flow inside the hinge of a large-scale bileaflet mechanical heart valve hinge model
(Springer, 2019-06-24)
Purpose It is believed that non-physiological leakage flow through hinge gaps during diastole contributes to thrombus formation in Bileaflet Mechanical Heart Valves (BMHVs). Because of the small scale and difficulty of ...