Deformation dynamics and mechanical properties of the aortic annulus by 4-dimensional computed tomography: Insights into the functional anatomy of the aortic valve complex and implications for transcatheter aortic valve therapy

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-127

  Hamdan, Ashraf ^a,b   Guetta, Victor ^a,b   Konen, Eli ^a,b   Goitein, Orly ^a,b   Segev, Amit ^a,b   Raanani, Ehud ^a,b   Spiegelstein, Dan ^a,b   Hay, Ilan ^a,b   Di Segni, Elio ^a,b   Eldar, Michael ^a,b   Schwammenthal, Ehud ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

aortic annulus; computed tomography; transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORMATION DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PERIMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE; YOUNG MODULUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84855403987     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.09.045     Document Type: Article

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