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Issue title: Hemorheological Approach to Cardiovascular Diseases. Proceedings of the Satellite Meeting of the IV International Congress of Biorheology, Osaka, Japan, 3 August 1981
Guest editors: Hideyuki Niimi, Takehiko Azuma and Yukihide Isogai
Article type: Research Article
Authors: Fukushima, Takayoshia | Matsuzawa, Teruob | Azuma, Takehikoa
Affiliations: [a] Research Laboratory for Cardiovascular Diseases and Department of Physiology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan | [b] Department of Public Health, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
Abstract: In order to elucidate performance characteristics of a few prosthetic heart valves, the present in vitro study was carried out to investigate disturbances of flow past the prostheses. Measurements of pressure and velocity around, and visualization of flow across, the valves were made with three kinds of the valves attached to the entrance of a metacrylate model of the aorta. Comparison of the pressure drops caused by these valves with those by plate orifices revealed that the prostheses corresponded to the orifices, the opening area of which was approximately 45% of the cross-sectional area of the inlet section. The pressure drop by the Björk-Shiley valve was smaller than the drops by the Kay-Suzuki and the SAM-MT valves. Highly turbulent flow taking place downstream of the valves seemed to be responsible for the energy loss induced by the valves. The structure of the turbulence was studied in association with the formation of thrombi and focal vascular lesions.
Keywords: Prosthetic heart valves, fluid mechanics, flow past prosthetics, turbulent flow, thrombus formation, focal vascular lesions
DOI: 10.3233/CH-1982-21-207
Journal: Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, vol. 2, no. 1-2, pp. 43-50, 1982
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