Role of preconditioning and recovery time in repeated testing of aortic valve tissues: validation through quasilinear viscoelastic theory

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1093-1100

  Carew, E O ^a   Barber, J E ^a   Vesely, Ivan ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STATISTICAL METHODS; TISSUE;

PORCINE AORTIC VALVE CUSPS; QUASILINEAR VISCOELASTIC THEORY;

BIOMECHANICS;

BIOMATERIAL;

ANIMAL; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPROSTHESIS; ELASTICITY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPROSTHESIS; ELASTICITY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; LINEAR MODELS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0034352216     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.1310221     Document Type: Article

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