Igor Szumny

Influence of hematocrit-dependent blood viscosity on hemodynamics of mitral paravalvular leak

Abstract Purpose Paravalvular leak (PVL) is a pathological condition that may arise following prosthetic mitral valve implantation and is characterized by regurgitant blood flow through a gap between the prosthetic valve ring and the native cardiac tissue. High-velocity flow jets generated within the leak region may pr...