Gender-specific differences in aortic sinus curvature during aging: an anatomical and computational study

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 148-155

  Beller, Carsten J ^a   Maurer, Tilman ^a   Labrosse, Michel R ^b,c   Mesana, Thierry ^c   Karck, Matthias ^a   Veinot, John P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Gender specific; Mechanical stress; Sinus curvature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA ROOT; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASCULAR FIBROSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AUTOPSY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SINUS OF VALSALVA; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 65049085411     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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