Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Length of
procedure
Eliminate high
shears
Eliminate
cavitation erosion
Eliminate areas of
stasis and vortex
formation
Effective washing
of all blood
contacting areas
of valve,
including pivots
Stress modeling:
limit sites of
excessive stress
Cavitation erosion in
mechanical valves
Paravalvular leak
Dehiscence
Movement of valve,
particularly
percutaneously placed
valve
Tissue engineered
valve
· Scaffolds of
biostable, tissue or
bioresorbable
materials
· Bioreactor tissue
neogenesis
· In situ tissue
neogenesis
