Stress related collagen ultrastructure in human aortic valves-implications for tissue engineering

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2612-2617

  Balguid, Angelique ^a   Driessen, Niels J B ^a   Mol, Anita ^a   Schmitz, Joep P J ^a   Verheyen, Fons ^b   Bouten, Carlijn V C ^a   Baaijens, Frank P T ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Collagen; Fibril; Stress; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COLLAGEN; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TECHNOLOGY; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE LEAFLETS; AORTIC VALVES; CARDIAC CYCLES; COLLAGEN FIBRILS; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; FIBRIL; FIBRIL DIAMETER; HEART VALVES; LOCAL STRESSES; LOW-STRESS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIORS; MECHANICAL CONDITIONING; MECHANICAL LOADINGS; MECHANICAL STRESSING; STRESS; STRESS DISTRIBUTIONS; TISSUE STRUCTURES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGES;

VALVES (MECHANICAL);

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AORTIC VALVE; BIOPROSTHESIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 49449083540     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.06.031     Document Type: Article

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