Optimal valve orientation of tilting disc valve prostheses in the aortic position and in-vitro evaluation of their hydraulic characteristics.

  • MURATA Koichi
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University
  • MINAMITANI Haruyuki
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University
  • OKADA Eiji
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University
  • EBISAWA Yoshinobu
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University
  • IMAMURA Hiroji
    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University
  • UMEZU Yasuhiro
    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University
  • INOUE Tadashi
    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University

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Other Title
  • 大動脈弁位における傾斜型ディスク弁の至適弁装着方向とその水力学的特性に関する実験的検討

Description

The effect of valve orientation on the hydraulic characteristics of aortic valve prostheses was studied by using a total mock system of human left heart and aorta. The system replicated the geometry of left heart and aortic arch having a pertinent hydraulic load of the systemic circulation so that the flow process simulated a physiological pulsatile condition. Simultaneous flow visualization study was carried out to investigate the dependence of valve orientation on the flow development in the aortic arch. Five different tilting disc valves, Björk-Shiley spherical, Beörk-Shiley convexo-concave, Björk-Shiley monostrut, Medtronic-Hall, and Omni-Science valves, each having an annulus diameter of 25mm, were evaluated as to how the valve insertion should be oriented. Total hydraulic evaluations regarding systolic energy loss, resistive coefficient as well as the turbulent flow formation suggested that the major orifice of these valves should be oriented towards the aortic outer curvature. The outer curve orientation provided low systolic energy loss and low resistive coefficient. These findings were found to be in good agreement with the clinically and empirically arrived approvals of valve orientation.

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Details 詳細情報について

  • CRID
    1390282679531794688
  • NII Article ID
    130004326763
  • DOI
    10.11239/jsmbe1963.28.33
  • ISSN
    21855498
    00213292
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • CiNii Articles
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    Disallowed

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