Biomechanical properties of ascending aorta and pulmonary trunk in pigs and humans

Xenotransplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 384-389

  Li, Wen Chun ^a   Yu, Ming Hua ^a   Zhang, Hong Mei ^a   Wang, Han Qin ^a   Xi, Gang Ming ^a   Yao, Bo Chun ^a   Deng, Zhao Hong ^a   Zeng, Yan Jun ^b  

^a HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ascending aorta; Biomechanical properties; Heart; Pulmonary trunk; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE; SWINE; VISCOELASTICITY; XENOTRANSPLANTATION; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; AORTA; BIOPHYSICAL PROCESSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE;

EID: 58149088351     PISSN: 0908665X     EISSN: 13993089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3089.2008.00498.x     Document Type: Article

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