This study was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30860297) and the United Specialized Foundation of Science and Technology Agency of Yunnan Province and Kunming Medical University (No. 2011FB 185).
Background Turbulent shear stress (TSS) plays an important role in the research of fluid dynamics of heart valves. This study aimed to perform a quantitative study of TSS downstream of porcine artificial mitral valv...