Analysis of spectral features of mechanical heart valve sounds after aortic and mitral valve replacement

Mechanical heart valves are a substitute for malfunctional native heart valves. In this study, the spectral features of S1 and S2 component of the mechanical heart valve sounds obtained after aortic valve replacement (AVR) and mitral valve replacement (MVR) are compared. For this aim, AR methods are applied on the S1 and S2 components of heart sounds taken from 68 recording of 8 patients with AVR and 87 recordings from 11 patients with MVR, thereby yielding power spectrum of the heart sound and six different features are obtained from power spectrum of the heart sounds. Using these features, S1 and S2 components are compared.

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