Diastolic murmurs associated with the Starr-Edwards mitral prosthesis have not been described previously. In this report, five patients with mitral prostheses are described in whom apical mid-diastolic and presystolic murmurs resulted from two different causes. Three patients had clots obstructing the prosthetic orifice. The other two had normally functioning protheses and moderately severe aor...

infective endocarditis is a serious complication of intravenous (iv) drug abuse, with a reported mortality of 5 to 10%. a 21-year-old man, who was an intravenous drug abuser, presented with fever and dyspnea. transthoracic echocardiography showed a highly mobile, large vegetation on the anterior leaflet of the tricuspid valve. despite antibiotic therapy for ten days, the patient remained febril...

Seven patients studied by echocardiography with and without simultaneous phonocardiography for suspected malfunction of a caged mitral valve prosthesis are presented. In case 1, with inaudible prosthetic clicks, thrombosis of the cage and immobility of the ball were suggested by echocardiographic studies and confirmed at surgery. In case 2, simultaneous echocardiographic and phonocardiographic...

Cavitation has been investigated in directional control valves in order to identify damage mechanisms characteristic of components o f aircraft hydraulic systems. Tests have been conducted in a representative metal spool valve and in a model three times larger. Data taken under noncavitating conditions with both valves showed that the position of the high-velocity annular jet shifts orientation...

Introduction The opening and closing behavior of the valve is a delicate interaction between blood flow and geometrical and stiffness properties of the heart valve leaflets and aortic root. Numerical analysis of the opening and closing behavior is complicated by the three-dimensional finite motion of the very flexible leaflets in a compliant system of fluid and structure. Fluid-structure intera...

Cardiac events of early diastole were studied in 50 normal subjects and 46 patients with mitral stenosis (MS) by simultaneous recordings of the mitral valve echogram (MVE), phonocardiogram, and apexcardiogram (ACG). Left ventricular isovolumic relaxation time (IRT), measured between A2 and onset of the MVE opening motion, had almost the same values in normals 54 +/- 7 msec, and MS 51 +/- 16 mse...

In humans the mechanism governing the internal jugular vein (IJV) valve opening and closure is still unclear. M-mode is used in echo-cardiology for the heart valves assessment. Sometimes it was performed also in deep peripheral veins and in vena cava assessment, but never in the IJV valve. Aim of the present study is to investigate the IJV valves physiology in healthy volunteers, by means of bo...

Supplementary data associated with this article can be found, in the online version, at doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.02.008. Fig. 1. The view of On-X valve from ascending aorta in systole and diastole. Surface of the mechanical valve leaflets could be seen clearly without contrast medium. They opened symmetrically and the opening angle of this artificial valve was appropriate. Fig. 2. The motion of...

In this paper, Fluid Structure Interaction analysis is conducted to simulate moving mechanism of discharge valve and predict a failure in discharge valve in reciprocating compressor. Moving mechanism of discharge valve, opening and closing, shows impact phenomenon owing to a high velocity correspond to valve motion. The cylinder pressure is successfully validated before conducting impact analys...

Butterfly valves are commonly used as control equipments in applications where the pressure drops required of the valves are relatively low. As shutoff valve (on/off service) or throttling valves (for flow or pressure control), the higher performance and the better precision of butterfly valves are required. Thus it’s more and more essential to know the flow characteristic around the valve. Due...