Aortic root geometry: Pattern of differences between leaflets and sinuses of Valsalva

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 407-415

  Choo, Suk Jung ^a   McRae, George ^b   Olomon, James P ^b   George, Greg St ^b   Davis, Wayne ^a   Burleson Bowles, Catherine L ^b   Pang, David ^a   Luo, Hong He ^a   Vavra, Daniela ^a   Cheung, David T ^a   Oury, James H ^a   Duran, Carlos M G ^a,c  

^a St Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c International Heart Institute Montana Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA ROOT; AORTA SINUS; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEIGHT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AORTIC VALVE; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SINUS OF VALSALVA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032839218     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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