Implications for leaflet behaviour in heavily calcified patient-specific aortic roots : simulation of transcatheter aortic valve implantation

As life expectancy increases, there are more and more cases of age-related disease presenting to medical attention. Aortic stenosis (AS) is a common age-related heart condition in which there is a thickening and distortion of the valve leaflets together with calcium deposition in the aortic root and...

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Main Author: Bailey, Jonathon
Other Authors: Bressloff, Neil
Published: University of Southampton 2015
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.690199

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