Shear properties of passive ventricular myocardium

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 283, Issue 6 52-6, 2002, Pages

  Dokos, Socrates ^a   Smaill, Bruce H ^a   Young, Alistair A ^a   LeGrice, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Laminar structure; Mechanical and constitutive properties; Shear testing; Strain softening and history

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; AXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART MUSCLE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SWINE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0036889965     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00111.2002     Document Type: Article

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