Computational modeling of aortic heart valves

Computational Modeling in Biomechanics

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 221-252

  Croft, Laura R ^a   Mofrad, Mohammad R Kaazempur ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic valves; Calcific aortic stenosis; Mechanotransduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889097677     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3575-2_7     Document Type: Chapter

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