The Roles of Leaflet Geometry in the Structural Deterioration of Bioprosthetic Aortic Valves
Bibliographic record
Abstract
Objectives: Our goal was to assess the role of leaflet geometry on the structural deterioration of bioprosthetic aortic valves (BAVs) in a closed configuration. Methods: With a Fung-type orthotropic model, finite element modeling was used to create ten cases with parabolic, circular and spline leaflet curvatures and six leaflet angles. Results: A circular circumferential curvature led to lower von Mises and compressive stresses in both the coaptation and load-bearing areas, reduced tensile stresses in the coaptation regions, and increased tensile stresses in the load-bearing areas. A parabolic radial curvature reduced von Mises stresses in the coaptation, as well as the load-bearing regions, reduced compressive stresses in the coaptation, and reduced tensile stresses in the load-bearing regions, leading to a slight increase in the minimized tensile stress in the coaptation regions (1.794 vs. 1.765 MPa) and the minimized compressive stress in the load-bearing regions (0.772 vs. 0.768 MPa). Within a range of downward inclination of the leaflets, all stresses in the coaptation regions decreased. A parabolic circumferential curvature, a linear radial curvature, and, for most cases, upward leaflet inclinations were associated with larger contact pressures between the leaflets. Conclusions: A parabolic radial curvature and downward leaflet inclination likely lead to the longer durability of BAVs.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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