Similar to testing a car, a team of researchers at UBC Okanagan has been test-driving a number of mechanical heart valves (MHV)—and the one designed in their own lab appears to outperform the others.

In biomedical research, so-called organs-on-a-chip, also referred to as microphysiological systems, are becoming increasingly ...

Enhanced sensing range, local cross-referencing, and noise reduction through data averaging are some of the enhanced features provided by the arrays as compared to the FBGs. Focusing on the radial ...

Objective To report our initial experience of 20 cases with the Surpass flow diverter to demonstrate its basic properties, the required triaxial delivery platform, and the methodologies used to deploy ...

This provides a clearer image of the heart because the sound waves do not have to pass through ... flow in the heart. Additional reasons for which a TEE may be done include: To evaluate the heart ...

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Background Fractional flow reserve is widely used in coronary disease management ... relation between pressure-derived indexes and perfusion parameters derived from arterial spin labeling (ASL).