Characterization of Effective Orifice Areas of Mitral Prosthetic Heart Valves: An In-Vitro Study.

Morgane Evin (1) , Julien Magne (2, 3) , Stuart Grieve (4) , Régis Rieu (5) , Philipe Pibarot (6)

1 MIO - Institut méditerranéen d'océanologie
2 Service de cardiologie [CHU Limoges]
3 NET - Neuroépidémiologie Tropicale
4 Sydney Translational Imaging Laboratory
5 IRPHE - Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes Hors Equilibre
6 Laval University and Hospital Heart and Lung Institute

Reference values of hemodynamic parameters for the assessment of prosthetic heart valves are necessary, and ideally need to be provided by entities independent of the valve manufacturers. Thus, the study aim was to provide, in vitro, normal reference values of the effective orifice area (EOA) for different models and sizes of mitral prosthetic valve, and to assess the determinants of EOA and mean transvalvular pressure gradient (mTPG).

Domaines: Santé publique et épidémiologie

Morgane Evin, Julien Magne, Stuart Grieve, Régis Rieu, Philipe Pibarot. Characterization of Effective Orifice Areas of Mitral Prosthetic Heart Valves: An In-Vitro Study.. Journal of Heart Valve Disease, 1970, 26 (6), pp.677-687. ⟨hal-02316388⟩