Protocol for Relative Hydrodynamic Assessment of Tri-leaflet Polymer ValvesSharan Ramaswamy 1, Manuel Salinas 1, Rob Carrol 2, Karla Landaburo 1, Xavier Ryans 1, Cynthia Crespo 1, Ailyn Rivero 1, Faris Al-Mousily 3,4, Curt DeGroff 3, Mark Bleiweis 3, Hitomi Yamaguchi 2
1Tissue Engineered Mechanics, Imaging and Materials Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University, 2Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida , 3College of Medicine, University of Florida , 4King Faisal Specialty Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
There has been renewed interest in developing polymer valves. Here, the objectives are to demonstrate the feasibility of modifying a commercial pulse duplicator to accommodate tri-leaflet geometries and to define a protocol to present polymer valve hydrodynamic data in comparison to native and prosthetic valve data collected under near-identical conditions.
