In-situ deformation of the aortic valve interstitial cell nucleus under diastolic loading

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 880-889

  Huang, Hsiao Ying Shadow ^a   Liao, Jun ^b   Sacks, Michael S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Extracellular matrix; Fiber architecture; Finite element method; Nucleus aspect ratio; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; ASPECT RATIO; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ENZYME KINETICS; FIBROBLASTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBER ARCHITECTURE; MYOFIBROBLASTS; NUCLEAR ASPECT RATIO (NAR); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CELL CULTURE;

COLLAGEN FIBER; GLUTARALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL LEVEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRAIN; COMPREHENSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DIASTOLE; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; FIBROBLASTS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PRESSURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

SUS;

EID: 38549155675     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2801670     Document Type: Article

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