Effect of leaflet anisotropy, coaptation curvature, and stent flexibility on the stress concentration and in vitro function of polymer trileaflet heart valves

Proceedings of the ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, SBC2008

Volumn , Issue PART A, 2009, Pages 487-488

  Gallocher, Siobhain L ^a   Datye, Amit ^a   Wu, Kuang Hsi ^a   Pinchuk, Leonard ^b   Schoephoerster, Richard T ^c  

^a Florida International University   (United States)

^b Innovia LLC   (United States)

^c 500 W University Avenue   (United States)

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2. Cacciola, G.R., 1998, "Design, simulation and manufacturing of fiber reinforced polymer heart valves," Ph.D. Thesis, Technische Univerisiteit, Eindhoven.
3. Li, J., Luo, X.Y., Kuang, Z.B., 2001, "A nonlinear anisotropic model for porcine aortic heart valves," Journal of Biomechanics, Vol. 34, pp. 1279-1289. (Pubitemid 32750638)