Effect of specimen size and aspect ratio on the tensile properties of porcine aortic valve tissues

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 526-535

  Carew, E O ^a   Patel, J ^a   Garg, A ^a   Houghtaling, P ^a   Blackstone, E ^a   Vesely, I ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extensibility; Predictive model; Specimen area; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BIOMECHANICS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; STIFFNESS; TENSILE TESTING;

PORCINE AORTIC VALVE TISSUES; TENSILE MECHANICS;

TISSUE;

ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; AORTIC VALVE; ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELASTICITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0038204559     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.1568116     Document Type: Article

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