...). This gives surgeons more freedom when implanting the valve but it also results in uncertainties regarding placement, particularly with respect to valve orientation. We investigate the pulmonary artery hemodynamics and valve leaflet dynamics of pulmonary valve replacements (PVRs) with various orientations via...

...Abhay B. Ramachandra; Bo Jiang; Isabella R. Jennings; Edward P. Manning; Jay D. Humphrey Chronic hypoxia plays a central role in diverse pulmonary pathologies, but its effects on longitudinal changes in the biomechanical behavior of proximal pulmonary arteries remain poorly understood. Similarly...