Specific regional and directional contractile responses of aortic cusp tissue

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 798-803

  Kershaw, John D B ^a   Misfeld, Martin ^b   Sievers, Hans Hinrich ^b   Yacoub, Magdi H ^a   Chester, Adrian H ^a  

^a HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b University Clinic of Luebeck   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; ENDOTHELIN 1;

ANIMAL; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DRUG EFFECT; IN VITRO STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; BIOMECHANICS; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; ENDOTHELIN-1; SWINE;

EID: 7444263015     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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