Further Insights into Normal Aortic Valve Function: Role of a Compliant Aortic Root on Leaflet Opening and Valve Orifice Area

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 844-851

  Sripathi, Vangipuram Canchi ^b   Kumar, Ramarathnam Krishna ^b   Balakrishnan, Komarakshi R ^a  

^a SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MODEL; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY;

EID: 1442275667     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01518-2     Document Type: Article

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