Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 9 , Pages 1057-1064 , November 2010

Mitral valve dynamics in structural and fluid–structure interaction models

  • K.D. Lau

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Mathematics and Physics in the Life Sciences and Experimental Biology (CoMPLEX), UCL, United Kingdom
    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, UCL, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Centre for Mathematics and Physics in the Life Sciences and Experimental Biology (CoMPLEX), UCL, Physics Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
    • ,
  • V. Diaz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, UCL, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • P. Scambler

      Affiliations

    • UCL Institute of Child Health, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • G. Burriesci

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, UCL, United Kingdom

Received 29 December 2009 ,Revised 16 July 2010 ,Accepted 19 July 2010.

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PII: S1350-4533(10)00150-5

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.07.008

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 9 , Pages 1057-1064 , November 2010

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