Mechanisms of aortic valve incompetence: Finite element modeling of aortic root dilatation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1851-1857

  Grande, K Jane ^b   Cochran, Richard P ^b   Reinhall, Per G ^a   Kunzelman, Karyn S ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; COMPLIANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS;

EID: 0033936118     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01307-2     Document Type: Article

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