Mohammad S. Hashemi

Patient-Specific Analysis of Ventricular Vortex Formation and Flow Energetics in Rheumatic and Calcific Mitral Stenosis.

PURPOSE Mitral stenosis (MS) accounts for 12% of cardiac patients with single valve disease. There are two main causes: rheumatic disease of the mitral valve (MV) and mitral annular calcification (MAC). While both result in increased transmitral pressure gradients, each has unique effects on valve morphology and pathop...