Active stiffening of mitral valve leaflets in the beating heart

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 296, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Itoh, Akinobu ^a   Krishnamurthy, Gaurav ^a,b   Swanson, Julia C ^a   Ennis, Daniel B ^a   Bothe, Wolfgang ^a   Kuhl, Ellen ^b   Karlsson, Matts ^c   Davis, Lauren R ^a   Miller, D Craig ^a   Ingels Jr , Neil B ^a,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

receptor blockade; Anterior mitral valve leaflet; Elastic modulus; Electrical stimulation; Finite element analysis; Mitral leaflet contractile tissue

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEMODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE LEAFLET; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MITRAL VALVE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; PROPANOLAMINES; SHEEP;

EID: 66949163345     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00120.2009     Document Type: Article

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