A refined hemispheric model of normal human aortic valve and root geometry

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Rankin, J Scott ^a   Bone, M Crockett ^a   Fries, Peter M ^b   Aicher, Diana ^b   Schäfers, Hans Joachim ^b   Crooke, Philip S ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84879189751     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.06.043     Document Type: Article

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