Stress Variations in the Human Aortic Root and Valve: The Role of Anatomic Asymmetry

Age-Related Changes in Normal Human Hearts During the First 10 Decades of Life. Part II (Maturity): A Quantitative Anatomic Study of 765 Specimens From Subjects 20 to 99 Years Old

1988 • 492 citations

Aortic root and valve relationships: Impact on surgical repair

1994 • 285 citations

Repair of the aortic valve in patients with aortic insufficiency and aortic root aneurysm

1995 • 257 citations

Finite element analysis of the mitral valve.

1993 • 198 citations

Micromechanics of the fibrosa and the ventricularis in aortic valve leaflets

1992 • 194 citations

Age-related changes in aortic and mitral valve thickness: Implications for two-dimensional echocardiography based on an autopsy study of 200 normal human hearts

1988 • 169 citations

A general method for the computer simulation of biological systems interacting with fluids.

1995 • 150 citations

Longitudinal strain of canine and porcine aortas

1995 • 148 citations

Stress Sharing Between the Sinus and Leaflets of Canine Aortic Valve

1986 • 125 citations

Analysis of the bending behaviour of porcine xenograft leaflets and of natural aortic valve material: Bending stiffness, neutral axis and shear measurements

1989 • 106 citations

Scanning and light microscopy of human aortic leaflets in stressed and relaxed states

1974 • 104 citations

The anatomy of the sinus of Valsalva

1970 • 85 citations

Stress analysis of aortic valve leaflets with smoothed geometrical data

1977 • 80 citations

Aortic valve insufficiency due to aortic dilatation: correction by sinus rim adjustment.

1986 • 78 citations

Comparison of the in vivo and in vitro mechanical properties of aortic valve leaflets

1986 • 77 citations

Influence of stent height upon stresses on the cusps of closed bioprosthetic valves

1986 • 76 citations

Mechanical Stresses on Closed Cusps of Porcine Bioprosthetic Valves: Correlation with Sites of Calcification

1986 • 67 citations

Biaxial strain analysis of the porcine aortic valve

1995 • 64 citations

Velocity and pressure distributions in the aortic valve

1969 • 63 citations

SURGICAL TREATMENT OF AORTIC ANEURYSMS

1963 • 45 citations

Non-invasive assessment of aortic mechanical properties

1986 • 45 citations

Identification of a Failure Mode of the Antibiotic Sterilized Aortic Allograft After 10 Years: Implications for Their Long-Term Survival

1991 • 39 citations

Longitudinal and radial distensibility of the porcine aortic root

1995 • 38 citations

Computer modelling of bioprosthetic heart valves

1992 • 24 citations

Aortic Valve Mechanics Part II: A Stress Analysis of the Porcine Aortic Valve Leaflets in Diastole

1978 • 23 citations

Vibrational analysis of bioprosthetic heart valve leaflets using numerical models: effects of leaflet stiffening, calcification, and perforation.

1987 • 21 citations

Porcine Aortic Leaflet Arrangement May Contribute to Clinical Xenograft Failure

1993 • 17 citations

Aortic valve replacement with a stentless porcine bioprosthesis: multicentre trial. Canadian Investigators of the Toronto SPV Valve Trial.

1995 • 16 citations

Micromechanics and Mathematical Modeling: An Inside Look at Bioprosthetic Valve Function

1992 • 12 citations

A Model of the Geometrical Changes in Aortic Valve Leaflets in Response to Leaflet Extension and Variable Boundary Conditions

1992 • 6 citations