Difference in hemodynamic and wall stress of ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms with bicuspid and tricuspid aortic valve

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1729-1738

  Pasta, Salvatore ^a   Rinaudo, Antonino ^b   Luca, Angelo ^c   Pilato, Michele ^c   Scardulla, Cesare ^c   Gleason, Thomas G ^d   Vorp, David A ^e  

^a RiMED Foundation   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPLANTATION AND ADVANCED SPECIALIZED THERAPIES ISMETT   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm; Bicuspid aortic valve; Fluid structure interaction

Indexed keywords

AORTIC ANEURYSMS; AORTIC DISSECTIONS; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVES; ELASTIC MATERIAL PROPERTIES; HEMODYNAMIC LOAD; PARALLEL-COUPLED; STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

BLOOD PRESSURE; DISSECTION; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HYDROELASTICITY; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSM; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY FLUID COMPARTMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TRICUSPID VALVE; VISCOELASTICITY; WALL STRESS; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA VALVE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ELASTICITY; HEMODYNAMICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THORACIC AORTA; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC VALVE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 84886889113     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.03.029     Document Type: Article

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