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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cardiovasc Eng Technol. 2013 Mar;4(1):2–15. doi: 10.1007/s13239-013-0117-y

FIGURE 5.

FIGURE 5

Cross sectional views of the free edge of a typical valve when opening, with the numbers indicating the frame time in ms. The native valve’s free edge section shows a relatively early opening and smoothly progresses to fully open state at 360 ms. Majority of the bending occurs to the left and right, where the middle stays flat. The BHV leaflet however stays close longer and opens faster. Arrow points to a focal high curvature region that occurred only in the BHV leaflet. Majority of the bending occurs to the left and right, where the middle stays flat. The BHV leaflet however stays closed longer and opens faster. Arrow points to high bending that occurred only in the BHV valves.