Size-Adjustable Prosthetic Heart Valve Accommodates Heart Growth in Sheep (1 of 8) (IMAGE)

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Size-Adjustable Prosthetic Heart Valve Accommodates Heart Growth in Sheep (1 of 8)

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The scientists used computational modeling to predict how their valve replacement expanded to deal with the stress of blood flow. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Feb. 19, 2020, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by S.C. Hofferberth at Boston Children's Hospital in Boston, MA; and colleagues was titled, "A geometrically adaptable heart valve replacement."

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[Credit: S.C. Hofferberth et al., Science Translational Medicine (2020)]

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