Re-creation of a sinuslike graft expansion in Bentall procedure reduces stress at the coronary button anastomoses: A finite element study

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1082-1087

  Weltert, Luca ^a   De Paulis, Ruggero ^a   Scaffa, Raffaele ^a   Maselli, Daniele ^a   Bellisario, Alessandro ^a   D'Alessandro, Stefano ^a  

^a EUROPEAN HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DACRON;

ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BENTALL PROCEDURE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; CORONARY ARTERY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANEURYSM, FALSE; AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS OF VALSALVA; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 64649084689     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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