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A set of intersecting and contiguous circles extended to three dimensions provides a natural mathematical representation of the Wheatley heart valve.
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Mathematical modeling study
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Mathematical model may inspire valve design iterations; leaves open all biomechanical and clinical validation.
Starting from a hand-drawn contour plot, this note develops a set of intersecting and contiguous circles whose perimeter, upon extending appropriately to three dimensions, can be seen to be a natural mathematical representation of the Wheatley heart valve.
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McKee et al. (2021) studied this question. A set of intersecting and contiguous circles extended to three dimensions provides a natural mathematical representation of the Wheatley heart valve.
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