Patient-specific simulation of a stentless aortic valve implant: The impact of fibres on leaflet performance

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 277-285

  Auricchio, F ^a,b,c   Conti, M ^a   Ferrara, A ^a   Morganti, S ^a   Reali, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Centro di Simulazione Numerica Avanzata   (Italy)

Author keywords

fibre reinforced anisotropic material; finite element analysis; patient specific modelling; stentless valve

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MATERIAL; AORTIC VALVE LEAFLETS; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMPUTATIONAL METHODOLOGY; MATERIAL MODELING; MECHANICAL VALVES; PATIENT SPECIFIC; PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELLING;

DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PROSTHETICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ALGORITHM; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; PATIENT SPECIFIC SIMULATION; PERFORMANCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STENTLESS VALVE;

AORTIC VALVE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84891295603     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2012.681645     Document Type: Article

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