Computational simulation of oxygen diffusion in aortic valve leaflet for tissue engineering applications

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 700-709

  Wang, Ling ^a   Korossis, Sotirios ^a   Ingham, Eileen ^a   Fisher, John ^a   Jin, Zhongmin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SWINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SWINE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 59649087216     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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