Comparison of human and porcine aortic valves

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 193-196

  Sim, Eugene K W ^a   Muskawad, Sanjeev ^b   Lim, Chu Sing ^b   Yeo, Joon Hock ^b   Lim, Khee Hiang ^b   Grignani, Robert T ^a   Durrani, A ^a   Lau, Gilbert ^d   Duran, Carlos ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c International Heart Institute Montana   (United States)

^d SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aortic valve cusp; Human; Porcine; Silicon cast; Valve geometry; Valve morphology

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SWINE;

EID: 0344519719     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.10149     Document Type: Article

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