Dynamic modelling of prosthetic chorded mitral valves using the immersed boundary method.

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Published in J Biomech on April 11, 2006

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P N Watton1, X Y Luo, X Wang, G M Bernacca, P Molloy, D J Wheatley

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1: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.

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