The anatomy of the aortic root

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 748-756

  Loukas, Marios ^a   Bilinsky, Esther ^a   Bilinsky, Samuel ^a   Blaak, Christa ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^a,b   Anderson, Robert H ^c  

^a Department of Anatomical Sciences School of Medicine St George's University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aortic anulus; aortic sinuses (of Valsalva); aortic valve leaflet; interleaflet triangles; supravalvular ridge (sinutubular junction)

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; AORTA ROOT; AORTA SINUS; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ASCENDING AORTA; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY SINUS; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HEMODYNAMIC STRESS; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MARFAN SYNDROME; MITRAL VALVE; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE; REVIEW; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ROSS PROCEDURE; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; TRANSVERSE SINUS; VASCULAR RING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; AORTA;

AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; HUMANS; SINUS OF VALSALVA;

EID: 84901982723     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.22295     Document Type: Review

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