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ABSTRACT

The Effect of the Elongation of the Proximal Aorta on the Estimation of Aortic Wall Distensibility

Stamatia Pagoulatou^1,*, Mauro Ferraro¹, Bram Trachet^1,2, Georgios Rovas¹, Vasiliki Bikia¹, Dionysios Adamopoulos³, Lindsey Crowe³, Jean-Paul Vallée³, Nikolaos Stergiopulos¹

1 Laboratory of Hemodynamics and Cardiovascular Technology, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), STI-IBILHTC, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland.
2 BIOMMEDA, Ghent University, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, Ghent B-9000, Belgium.
3 Geneva University Hospitals, Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, Geneva 1205, Switzerland.
* Corresponding Author: Stamatia Pagoulatou. Email: stamatia.pagoulatou@epfl.ch.