Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 122-133 , March 2006

Time-dependent analysis of leaflets in mechanical aortic bileaflet heart valves in closing phase using the finite strip method

  • H. Mohammadi

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada N6A 5B9
    • Center of Excellence in Dynamics, Robotics, and Automation, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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  • M.T. Ahmadian

      Affiliations

    • Center of Excellence in Dynamics, Robotics, and Automation, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • W.K. Wan

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada N6A 5B9
    • Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada N6A 5B9
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 519 661 2111x88440; fax: +1 519 850 2308.

Received 26 September 2003 ,Revised 5 January 2005 ,Accepted 16 March 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.03.013

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 122-133 , March 2006

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