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ANATOMICAL studies have demonstrated the lateral extent of the sinus of Valsalva which has a well defined ridge forming its upper margin, and have indicated that the geometry of the aortic root remains constant between different species. The valve mechanism was studied experimentally using a rigid model of the aortic root which included the coronary arteries.
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Bellhouse, B. J., and Bellhouse, F. H., Nature, 217, 86 (1968).
Gregg, D. E., Circulation, 37, 1128 (1963).
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BELLHOUSE, B., BELLHOUSE, F. & REID, K. Fluid Mechanics of the Aortic Root with Application to Coronary Flow. Nature 219, 1059–1061 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2191059a0
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