Ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR) is a frequent complication of left ventricular (LV) global or regional pathological remodeling due to chronic coronary artery disease. It is not a valve disease but represents the valvular consequences of increased tethering forces and reduced closing forces. IMR is defined as mitral regurgitation caused by chronic changes of LV structure and function due to ...

In Ambulatory Impedance Cardiography (AICG), a large number of motion artifacts might occur in recordings collected during exercises. The adequate identification of the artifacts is the most important task for automatic analysis of the AICG signals. The aim of this study was to manually assess the efficiency of the classification algorithm described in our earlier papers. We intended to identif...

Fenestrations of the aortic valve rarely produce significant valvular regurgitation. These are typically described as incidental findings with little clinical significance because they generally lie above their closing edges. Rarely however, when unusually large or multiple, they can lead to massive aortic regurgitation (AR), mostly in patients with chronic hypertension and/or aortic annular di...

Simultaneous high-speed in-cylinder measurements of laser-induced fluorescence of biacetyl as a fuel tracer and mid-infrared broadband absorption of fuel and combustion products (water and carbon dioxide) using a spark plug probe are compared in an optical engine. The study addresses uncertainties and the applicability of absorption measurements at a location slightly offset to the spark plug w...

Heart valves are thin, complex, layered connective tissues that direct blood flow in one di‐ rection through the heart. There are four valves in the heart, located at the entrance to and exit from the ventricular chambers. The normal function of the heart valves is essential to cardiovascular and cardiopulmonary physiology. The opening and closing of valve leaflets at precise times during the c...

This paper presents an improved model for an automotive electronic throttle inspired on the behavior observed in real-time experiments. Due to a number of issues, particularly the return-spring, the performance of the throttle valve depends on whether it is opening or closing. This asymmetric behavior was taken into account to design a mathematical model of the throttle body and to derive a non...

INTRODUCTION S WCE 1958, v a n DESIGNS, MATERIALS, and techniques of insertion have been tested by the authors."' '4s a result of these studies, a caged lens prosthesis has been developed which offers some significant advantages over ball valve prostheses, particularly in the mitral area. Studies with the lenticular valve have been in progrgs since May, 1964, and minor improvements are being in...

To test the validity of a theoretical model of aortic valve closure, based upon the observations in a two-dimensional analogue, the effect of some hemodynamic factors on aortic valve behaviour was studied in open-chest dogs. Direct cinematography was used to record aortic valve movements. The ECG, instantaneous ascending aortic blood flow as well as left ventricular and aortic pressures were re...

Palatopharyngeal dysfunction may take place when palatopharyngeal valve is unable to perform its own closing due to a lack of tissue (palatopharyngeal insufficiency) or lack of proper movement (palatopharyngeal incompetence). Palatopharyngeal insufficiency induces nasal regurgitation of liquids, hypernasal speech, nasal escape, disarticulations and impaired speech intelligibility. Prosthetic ma...

During the past several years therapeutic catheterization techniques have been developed to provide nonsurgical treatment for children with congenital aortic valve stenosis,',2 subvalvar aortic sten o ~ i s , ~ mitral s ten~s is ,~ ,~ and coarctation of the a ~ r t a . ~ , ~ Transcatheter therapy is now generally regarded as the treatment of choice for children with valvar pulmonic stenosis, pu...