Biomechanical comparison of human pulmonary and aortic roots

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1111-1116

  Azadani, Ali N ^a   Chitsaz, Sam ^a   Matthews, Peter B ^a   Jaussaud, Nicolas ^a   Leung, James ^a   Wisneski, Andrew ^a   Ge, Liang ^a   Tseng, Elaine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic root; Biomechanics; Pulmonary root; Ross operation; Strain; Stress

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN;

ADULT; AORTA PRESSURE; AORTA ROOT; AORTA SINUS; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; AUTOGRAFT; BIOMECHANICS; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPLACEMENT CONTROLLED EQUIBIAXIAL STRETCH TESTING; FUNCTION TEST; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG HILUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; ROSS PROCEDURE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; AORTA; AORTA VALVE; BLOOD PRESSURE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY VALVE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84863847970     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezr163     Document Type: Article

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