Put simply: if you take a “T” shaped pipe and pass a fluid (such as air or water) through the straight section, a vacuum will be created on the shorter side due to the Venturi effect.

The Venturi effect is described as a decrease in pressure when blood flows through a stenosis at a high velocity. This relates to the hemodynamics in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM).

The device has a venturi component that helps with the pulsing of air. The venturi effect is used in various respiratory medical devices to help oxygen flow to the patient. A customer complained ...

The mitral valve leaflet (usually the anterior leaflet) is pulled toward the septum by the blood jet (venturi effect), a feature termed SAM (Figure 5). The mitral valve touches the septum during ...