A three-dimensional analysis of a fibre-reinforced aortic valve prosthesis

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 629-638

  De Hart, J ^a   Cacciola, G ^a   Schreurs, P J G ^a   Peters, G W M ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3 D finite element model; Heart valve prosthesis; Leaflet fibre reinforcement; Peak stresses and stress distributions

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AORTIC VALVE PROSTHESIS; LEAFLET FIBER REINFORCEMENT; PEAK STRESSES; TEARING;

HEART VALVE PROSTHESES;

AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REINFORCEMENT; SIMULATION; STRESS;

ALKENES; AORTIC VALVE; CALCINOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; ETHYLENES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RUBBER; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0032122272     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(98)00063-3     Document Type: Article

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