Conference
Impact of Aortic Prosthetic Heart Valve Dysfunction on Left Ventricular Afterload and on the Accuracy of Echo-Doppler Measurements
Abstract
Left heart side (left ventricle and left atrium) is responsible for delivering the oxygenated blood to all body organs, where a relatively strong left ventricle contraction is needed to deliver around 5 liters of blood per minute. As a consequence, the left heart side experiences a high pressure (∼150 mmHg). Therefore, the dysfunction (stenosis or incompetence) in the aortic and/or mitral heart valves in the left side of the heart is more …
Authors
Smadi O; Keshavarz-Motamed Z; Hassan I; Pibarot P; Kadem L
Pagination
pp. 189-190
Publisher
ASME International
Publication Date
June 22, 2011
DOI
10.1115/sbc2011-53769
Name of conference
ASME 2011 Summer Bioengineering Conference, Parts A and B