Aortic root dilation prior to valve opening explained by passive hemodynamics

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 16-20

  Vesely, Ivan ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; HEMODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; VASODILATATION;

AORTIC VALVE; DILATATION; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PRESSURE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0033976131     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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