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January 1, 1973Biomaterials Medical Devices and Artificial Organs

Stress Analysis of Normal Human Aortic Valve Leaflets during Diastole

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Population

Normal human aortic valve leaflets

Comparison

Membrane theory for stress distribution analysis vs Theory of thin shells

Design

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Authors

KCKen P. ChongDWDavid W. WietingNHNed H. C. Hwang

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Overview

Membrane theory may simplify aortic valve leaflet modeling in device research; leaves open validation for prosthetic durability and clinical translation.

Structured PICO

P
Population
Normal human aortic valve leaflets
I
Intervention
Membrane theory for stress distribution analysis
C
Comparator
Theory of thin shells (discussed but not numerically compared)
O
Outcome
Stress distribution in the valve leaflets during diastolesurrogate

Normal human aortic valve leaflets behave more like membranes than shells during diastole, allowing for stress distribution analysis using membrane theory.

Limitations

  • Method involves extremely complicated computation procedures

Cite This Study

Chong et al. (1973) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7073ebf44fa9f079de1a06https://doi.org/10.3109/10731197309118544
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