Commentary: Leaflet fluttering of bioprosthetic valve-Does it matter?

Affiliations

¹ ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
² Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

Editorial

Dominik Obrist et al. JTCVS Open. 2020.

. 2020 Nov 16:6:82-83.

doi: 10.1016/j.xjon.2020.10.009. eCollection 2021 Jun.

¹ ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
² Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

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Bioprosthetic aortic valve diameter and thickness are directly related to leaflet fluttering: Results from a combined experimental and computational modeling study.
Lee JH, Scotten LN, Hunt R, Caranasos TG, Vavalle JP, Griffith BE. Lee JH, et al. JTCVS Open. 2021 Jun;6:60-81. doi: 10.1016/j.xjon.2020.09.002. Epub 2020 Sep 21. JTCVS Open. 2021. PMID: 35211686 Free PMC article.

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