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THE exploitation of trapped vortices and flow deceleration by the aortic valve to ensure maximum efficiency and to make possible laminar flow1,2 suggests a similar mechanism for the atrio-ventricular valves. These are the inlet valves to the two ventricles, the mitral valve on the left side and the tricuspid valve on the right.
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BELLHOUSE, B., BELLHOUSE, F. Fluid Mechanics of the Mitral Valve. Nature 224, 615–616 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/224615a0
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