Hitoshi Kasegawa, Kiyotaka Iwasaki, Shyunsuke Kusunose, Ryota Tatusta, Tetsuya Doi, Hiroki Yasuda, Mitsuo Umezu Center for Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, the Sakakibara Heart Institute, Tokyo, Japan |
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Background and aim of the study: The study aim was to develop a novel stentless mitral valve (SMV) and to evaluate its performance, using an original pulsatile simulator developed specifically to analyze the hydrodynamic function of the mitral valve. |
was employed as a control. The hydrodynamic performance of the SMV and MEV were investigated and compared. An echo-Doppler study was also performed. |
Assessment of a Novel Stentless Mitral Valve Using a Pulsatile Mitral Valve Simulator |
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