The Edwards SAPIEN transcatheter heart valve (Figure 1) is designed for heart valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis without open-heart surgery. Physiological FEA analyses have been performed to provide an assessment of the fracture and fatigue resistance of the device during deployment and operation. The present study validates FEA frame models by comparing the crimping behavior of the FEA models with the results of crimping experiments.
Volume Subject Area:
The Role of Experiment in Modeling
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