Aortic root dynamics and surgery: From craft to science

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1484, 2007, Pages 1407-1419

  Cheng, Allen ^a   Dagum, Paul ^a   Miller, D Craig ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic cusp; Aortic root dynamics; Aortic valve; Shear; Torsion

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 34547611713     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2124     Document Type: Review

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