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Contribution to Book
Computational Fluid Modeling of Heart Valves
Computational Bioengineering
  • Manuel Salinas, Nova Southeastern University
  • Sharan Ramaswamy
Document Type
Book Chapter
ISBN
978-1138850200
Publication Date
1-1-2017
Description

Healthy heart valves are essential for proper blood circulation. Their role is to ensure unidirectional blood flow in the circulatory system. They consist of different tissue layers and are capable of adapting and remodeling their tissue composition according to the hemodynamic environments surrounding them [1-3]. The mitral and tricuspid valves are located between the atria and ventricles while the pulmonary valve is found intersecting the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery. The aortic valve resides between the left ventricle and the aorta.

Publisher
CRC Press
Additional Information

Chapter 8

Disciplines
Citation Information
Manuel Salinas and Sharan Ramaswamy. "Computational Fluid Modeling of Heart Valves" Boca Raton, FLComputational Bioengineering (2017)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/manuel-salinas/6/