High wall shear stress loci on tri-leaflet prosthetic valves correlate with regions of cusp calcification observed in animal models, providing important information for bioprosthetic valve design.
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Animal data should not guide prosthetic valve design changes; leaves open shear stress contribution to clinical cusp calcification.
Einav et al. (1990) studied this question.
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