A mathematical representation of the Wheatley heart valve

McKee, S. and Cuminato, J. A. and Stewart, I. W. and Wheatley, D. J. (2021) A mathematical representation of the Wheatley heart valve. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 143 (8). 081006. ISSN 0148-0731 (https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4050753)

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Abstract

Starting from a hand-drawn contour plot, this note develops a set of intersecting and contiguous circles whose perimeter, upon extending appropriately to three dimensions, can be seen to be a natural mathematical representation of the Wheatley heart valve.

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McKee, S., Cuminato, J. A., Stewart, I. W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4374-9842 and Wheatley, D. J.;
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