Treatment of aortic stenosis with aortic valve bypass (apicoaortic conduit) surgery: An assessment using computational modeling

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 680-687

  Balaras, Elias ^a   Cha, K S ^a   Griffith, Bartley P ^a   Gammie, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA FLOW; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 60949103375     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.08.032     Document Type: Article

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