The Mechanics of Trans-catheter and Surgical Heart Valves: A Guide for Engineers and Clinicians
Dasi, Lakshmi
Hatoum, Hoda
The Mechanics of Transcatheter and Surgical Heart Valves: A Guide for Engineers and Clinicians focuses on the fundamental principles of heart valve mechanics, providing a detailed picture of the pros and cons of current devices in the context of their biomechanics, biomaterials, patient complications, and their regulatory and fabrication aspects. The book covers methods and applications that will help readers innovate and design new cardiovascular technology. It is ideal for designers, testers and manufacturers, anyone working in the biomaterials industry on coatings or fabrication materials, or those researching mechanics and heart valve biology. Covers fluid mechanics, solid mechanics and biomaterials conceptsProvides the only book on the market to offer this depth of information on prosthetic heart valvesIncludes flow visualization videos and high-speed valve imaging videos INDICE: 1. Brief History of Heart Valves through TAVR 2. Fundamentals 3. Standards 4. Intro to Transcatheter Heart Valves 5. Coronary Obstruction in TAVR 6. Thrombosis in TAVR 7. Performance of TAVR in VIV 8. Mechanical Heart Valves 9. Bioprosthetic Surgical Heart Valves
- ISBN: 978-0-12-814554-8
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 350
- Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2019
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés