Purpose Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (MIMVS) and transcatheter edge-to-edge
repair (TEER) are complex procedures used to treat mitral valve (MV) pathologies, but with …

Objective: This work describes the experimental validation of a cardiac simulator for three
heart rates (60, 80 and 100 beats per minute), under physiological conditions, as a suitable …

A novel concept of an active pulsation damper is described that cancels parasitic flow
pulsatility of peristaltic pumps and is able to inject desired pulsatility signatures such as …

After the development of a new cardiac simulator at the Polytechnic School of the University
of São Paulo for hydrodynamic testing of mitral and aortic prosthetic valves, an experimental …

Аннотация Врожденные и приобретенные клапанные пороки сердца являются
глобальной проблемой системы здравоохранения. Ежегодно проводится огромное …

INTRODUCTION: In vitro hydrodynamic characterization of prosthetic heart valves provides
important information regarding their operation, especially if performed by noninvasive …

Врожденные и приобретенные клапанные пороки сердца являются глобальной
проблемой системы здравоохранения. Ежегодно проводится огромное количество …

As the population ages, the prevalence of the cardiovascular disease, which is the leading
cause of death in the world, is projected to increase. The aneurysm is a cardiovascular …

A mock circulatory system (MCS) simulates the human circulatory system in an integrated
bench-top hydraulic testing apparatus. The current state of MCS designs primarily required …

The history of valve replacement surgery began more than a century ago, when Doyen, in
1913, performed the first surgical repair in a stenotic pulmonary valve. Despite all the …