Detecting broken struts of a BjÖrk-Shiley heart valve using ultrasound: A feasibility study

The Björk-Shiley (BScc) mechanical heart valve has extensively been used in surgery from 1979 to 1986. There is, compared with equivalent valve types, increased occurrence of unexpected mechanical failure of the outlet strut of the valve, with a high incidence of mortality, when it occurs. Many appr...

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