A computational tool to support pre-operative planning of stentless aortic valve implant

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1183-1192

  Auricchio, F ^a,b,c   Conti, M ^a   Morganti, S ^a   Totaro, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SCUOLA UNIVERSITARIA SUPERIORE IUSS PAVIA   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic valve replacement (AVR); Finite Element Analysis (FEA); Patient specific model

Indexed keywords

AORTIC ROOT; AORTIC VALVE LEAFLETS; AORTIC VALVES; CARDIAC SURGERY; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMPUTATIONAL METHODOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); PATHOLOGIC CONDITIONS; PRE-OPERATIVE PLANNING; STRESS/STRAIN; VALVE SIZE;

BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHETICS;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

AORTA ROOT; AORTA SINUS; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; COAPTATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STENTLESS AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AORTIC VALVE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; STENTS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 82755161067     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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