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The purpose of the book is to bring the two disciplines - vascular mechanics and pathology - together. In addition, the book bridges the gap in our knowledge and enhances engineering applications in medicine. This cutting-edge work presents the use of veins as arterial grafts and discusses the role of vein valves in graft stenosis. The book illustrates aneurysm formation, growth, and rupture, using pressure vessel principles. This new work details the investigation of, amongst other topics, aortic dissection, showing for the first time that the aortic root mechanics plays a vital role in the development of this pathology.
CONTRIBUTORS: Mano J. Thubrikar
EAN: 9780387338163
COUNTRY: United States
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WEIGHT: 1990 g
HEIGHT: 235 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
DATE PUBLISHED: 2007-01-26
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GENRE: MEDICAL / Cardiology, MEDICAL / Neuroscience, MEDICAL / Pathology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Biomedical
WIDTH: 155 cm
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Book Themes:
Cardiovascular medicine, Pathology, Biomedical engineering, Neurosciences
Dr. Mano J. Thubrikar has been with Edwards Lifesciences since December 2004. Previously, he was the Director of the Biomedical Engineering Program at the Heineman Medical Research Center at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC. Dr. Thubrikar is a recipient of the Research Career Development Award from the National Institute of Health, the Certificate of Merit awarded by the New York Academy of Medicine, and the Minna-James Heineman Stiftung Research Award for Outstanding Research Achievements in the area of Life Sciences.
