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In vitro flow system simulating the closing event in the mitral position using Medtronic Hall tilting disk…
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May indicate cavitation risk below physiological rates in mechanical valves; hypothesis-generating and leaves open human relevance.
Fluid squeezing in Medtronic Hall mechanical valves induces cavitation at loading rates lower than normal physiological levels, suggesting a mechanism for valve and blood damage.
Lee et al. (1996) studied this question.
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