Heart valve disease is prevalent throughout the world, and the number of heart valve
replacements is expected to increase rapidly in the coming years. Transcatheter heart valve …

This multidisciplinary work shows the feasibility of replacing the fetal pulmonary valve with a
percutaneous, transcatheter, fully biodegradable tissue-engineered heart valve (TEHV) …

Objective The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of superhydrophobic coating
on the hemodynamics and turbulence characteristics of a bileaflet mechanical valve in the …

Cardiovascular prosthetic devices, stents, prosthetic valves, heart-assist pumps, etc.,
operate in a wide regime of flows characterized by fluid dynamic flow structures, laminar and …

Congenital heart disease (CHD) accounts for nearly one-third of all congenital defects, and
patients often require repeated heart valve replacements throughout their lives, due to failed …

Objective To perform an in vitro characterization of surgical aortic valves (SAVs) and
transcatheter aortic valves (TAVs) to highlight the development of the flow dynamics …

The growing incidence of ischemic heart disease and limitation of autologous grafts propel
the development of tissue-engineered vascular grafts for bypass applications. Significant …