In vitro assessment of the influence of aortic annulus ovality on the hydrodynamic performance of self-expanding transcatheter heart valve prostheses

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 957-965

  Kuetting, Maximilian ^a   Sedaghat, Alexander ^b   Utzenrath, Marc ^a   Sinning, Jan Malte ^b   Schmitz, Christoph ^a   Roggenkamp, Jan ^a   Werner, Nikos ^b   Schmitz Rode, Thomas ^a   Steinseifer, Ulrich ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic valve prosthesis; Aortic valve stenosis; TAVI; Transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Indexed keywords

FLOW RATE; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; ORIFICES; SILICONES; VIDEO RECORDING;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; AORTIC VALVES; EFFECTIVE ORIFICE AREAS; HYDRODYNAMIC FUNCTIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; TAVI; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVES;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KINEMATICS; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EXPANDING STENT; SIMULATOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; VIDEORECORDING;

AORTIC VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; TAVI; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MALE; PERICARDIUM; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SWINE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84894813020     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.01.024     Document Type: Article

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