Fluid–structure interaction modeling of compliant aortic valves using the lattice Boltzmann CFD and FEM methods

A Morany, K Lavon, R Gomez Bardon… - … and Modeling in …, 2023 - Springer
The lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) has been increasingly used as a stand-alone CFD
solver in various biomechanical applications. This study proposes a new fluid–structure …

A review of polymeric heart valves leaflet geometric configuration and structural optimization

Y Wu, J Zhou, T Li, L Chen, Y Xiong… - Computer Methods in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Valvular heart disease (VHD) is a major cause of loss of physical function, quality of life and
longevity, and its prevalence is growing worldwide due to increased survival rates and an …

Hydrogel‐polyurethane fiber composites with enhanced microarchitectural control for heart valve replacement

A Robinson, A Nkansah, S Bhat… - … Research Part A, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Polymeric heart valves offer the potential to overcome the limited durability of tissue based
bioprosthetic valves and the need for anticoagulant therapy of mechanical valve …

Design and analysis of prosthetic heart valves and assessing the effects of leaflet design on the mechanical attributes of the valves

J Ghanbari, A Dehparvar, A Zakeri - Frontiers in Mechanical …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Prosthetic heart valves are commonly used as a treatment for aortic valve deficiencies. The
performance of these prosthetic valves should be in accordance with the natural heart valve …

Computational haemodynamics for pulmonary valve replacement by means of a reduced fluid‐structure interaction model

E Criseo, I Fumagalli, A Quarteroni… - International Journal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) consists of substituting a patient's original valve with a
prosthetic one, primarily addressing pulmonary valve insufficiency, which is crucially …

Research on fatigue optimization simulation of polymeric heart valve based on the iterative sub‐regional thickened method

L Tao, Z Jingyuan, Z Hongjun, L Yijing… - … Journal for Numerical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Prosthetic polymeric heart valves (PHVs) have the potential to overcome the inherent
material and design limitations of traditional valves in the treatment of valvular heart disease; …

Computational fluid–structure analysis of the impact of leaflet thickness and protrusion height on the flutter phenomenon in aortic valve bioprostheses

MCB Costa, SF Gonçalves, JVC Fleury, MLF Silva… - Meccanica, 2024 - Springer
Although it is associated with the low lifetime of aortic valve bioprostheses, flutter has little
been studied in the dynamics of these valves. To improve the understanding of flutter in …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical Simulation Studies on the Design of the Prosthetic Heart Valves Belly Curves

J Zhou, Y Wu, L Chen, T Li, Y Xiong, Y Chen - Fluids, 2024 - mdpi.com
Prosthetic heart valves (PHVs) are employed to replace the diseased native valve as a
treatment of severe aortic valve disease. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of curvature …