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The wavelet analytical system developed in our institute can detect a malfunctioning bileaflet valve by analyzing the split interval (SI) of bileaflet valve sound (BLVS) caused by asynchronous closure of both leaflets. However, this system is limited in its clinical application because of the complications of both valve sound recording and analytical protocols. This study established a new system that improved upon these limitations, and evaluated its clinical efficiency and the possibility of intercellular phone remote transmission of BLVS (ICTB). Fifty-one valves in 36 patients with St. Jude Medical bileaflet valve replacement were examined by fluoroscopy, 90 BLVS files (42 mitral and 48 aortic valve files) were recorded, and 1720 individual BLVS recordings in these files were analyzed with the new system. The new system consists of a cellular phone for BLVS recording and an automated algorithm for analysis with the Morlet continuous wavelet transform. ICTB was also investigated clinically. The new system showed great improvement over the original system by simplifying BLVS recording and reducing analysis time by approximately 65%. This system detected two malfunctioning valves with coefficients of variation (CV) for SI below 0.112, a previously proposed criterion for malfunction. ICTB also proved to be a useful BLVS recording method for determining SI. The new system described in this study could eliminate the factors limiting clinical application of the old system, and ICTB was found to be a clinically applicable BLVS recording method.
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This work was presented in part at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs, Tokyo, and the 38th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukuoka
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Sugiki, T., Sugiki, H., Shiiya, N. et al. New automated wavelet analytical system with a cellular phone for recording intercellular phone remote transmitted bileaflet valve sound. J Artif Organs 12, 232–241 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10047-009-0476-1
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