BACKGROUND AND AIM Functional mitral regurgitation (MR) remains a significant clinical problem. Surgical valve repair carries a high procedural risk. Thus, percutaneous techniques are under development. One of the most advanced devices for percutaneous mitral annuloplasty (PTMA) is the Carillon™ device. B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is a marker of haemodynamic status in heart failure patient...

Large eddy simulations (LES) of co-flowing round jets with 33.6 million grid points are carried out using 16 Sun 1 GHz UltraSPARC III Cu processors. An in-depth processor scalability analysis is carried out for an MPI based code for a finite-volume solution of time dependent Navier-Stokes equations. The solver is based on a second-order structured staggered grid discretization, second-order tim...

For fundamental analysis of the transport of mass or heat in a dispersed system, accurate knowledge of behavior of jet is prerequisite. For generation of high interfacial area breaking of liquid jet in to small droplet is necessary. Liquid jet breakup is a complex phenomenon and dependent on many factors like velocity of jet, pressure difference, geometry of nozzle, temperature of both fluid, p...

Coanda Effect in Mechanical ventilators: Named after Henri Marie Coanda (June 7, 1886 – November 25, 1972) was a Romanian inventor, aerodynamics pioneer and the patent holder of the modern jet aircraft. The secret of the fluidic flip is a phenomenon known as the Coanda effect. This is a relatively new discovery previously applied in the fields of aerodynamics and jet engine design. When a jet o...

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Background Percutaneous tricuspid valve edge-to-edge repair (pTVR) is a promising interventional technique for patients with regurgitation (TR), but guidance regarding patient selection and echocardiographic screening lacking. The aim this study was to identify measurements which may predict pTVR success. Methods Before after pTVR...

This paper documents the bizarre descending behavior from the tree crown to the ground of the larvae of the moth, Scopelodes contracta Walker (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) and the interaction of the larva with predatory ants. S. contracta larvae infest leaves of many tree species in urban areas and orchards in Japan. Mature larvae and leaves without basal leaf parts were found under trees of four ...

The noninvasive Doppler assessment of regurgitant volume from jet size is limited by the fundamental inequality of jet volume and regurgitant volume and by the dependence of jet dimensions on driving pressure and instrument settings for a given flow volume. Therefore, this study addresses the hypothesis that an equation could be derived from basic physical principles to quantify regurgitant vol...

In 16 chronically prepared fetal lambs we compared the systemic distribution of ductus venosus blood flow with that of abdominal inferior vena caval blood by simultaneously injecting microspheres labeled with different radionuclides into an umbilical vein and into the abdominal inferior vena cava. A significantly greater proportion of ductus venosus blood flow than of abdominal inferior vena ca...