Summary: Podcast host Jorge Salazar interviews scientists Michael Sacks, Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin; and Ming-Chen Hsu, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University. New supercomputer simulations have come closer than ever to capturing real behavior of human heart valves. The studies focused on how heart valve tissue realistically responds to blood flow. And to be clear this is ongoing research, meaning they don't have all the answers yet, but they do say they've made progress on a really tough problem that potentially affects hundreds of thousands of people each year with hearth disease. The scientists say their new supercomputer models can potentially help doctors make more durable repair and replacement of heart valves.
