A 'Hemispherical' model of aortic valvar geometry

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-186

  Rankin, J Scott ^a   Dalley II, Arthur F ^a   Crooke, Philip S ^a   Anderson, Robert H ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AORTIC VALVE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC;

EID: 50549093033     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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