The sinus of Valsalva relieves abnormal stress on aortic valve leaflets by facilitating smooth closure

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Katayama, Susumu ^a   Umetani, Nobuyuki ^a   Sugiura, Seiryo ^a   Hisada, Toshiaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA FLOW; AORTA ROOT; AORTA SINUS; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART STRESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION;

EID: 57949095096     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.05.054     Document Type: Article

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