A new aortic root prosthesis with compliant sinuses for valve-sparing operations

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2001, Pages

  Thubrikar, Mano J ^a   Robicsek, Francis ^a   Gong, Geoffrey G ^a   Fowler, Brett L ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA PROSTHESIS; AORTA ROOT; AORTA SINUS; AORTA VALVE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DACRON IMPLANT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATOR;

AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; COMPLIANCE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0035006110     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02541-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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