Simulated bioprosthetic heart valve deformation under quasi-static loading

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 905-914

  Sun, Wei ^a,b   Abad, Ajay ^a   Sacks, Michael S ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PATIENT MONITORING; TISSUE;

BIOPROSTHETIC HEART VALVE DEFORMATION; COLLAGEN FIBER STRUCTURE; TISSUE DURABILITY; TRANSVALVULAR PRESSURES;

HEART VALVE PROSTHESES;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCULATION; DEVICE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER; SIMULATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; BIOPROSTHESIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PERICARDIUM; PRESSURE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 27444446944     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2049337     Document Type: Article

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