The role of the sinuses of valsalva in aortic root flow dynamics and aortic root surgery: Evaluation by magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 380-385

  Schoenhoff, Florian S ^a   Loupatatzis, Christos ^a   Immer, Franz F ^a   Stoupis, Christoforos ^a   Carrel, Thierry P ^a   Eckstein, Friedrich S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; AORTA SINUS; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SUTURING METHOD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SINUS OF VALSALVA; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 76749118398     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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