Modeling collagen remodeling

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 166-175

  Baaijens, Frank ^a   Bouten, Carlijn ^a   Driessen, Niels ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Collagen; Computational; Remodeling; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL FUNCTIONS; CARDIOVASCULAR; CARDIOVASCULAR TISSUE ENGINEERING; CARDIOVASCULAR TISSUES; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; HEART VALVES; HELICAL PATTERN; KEY MODELING; LOAD BEARING; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANO-REGULATION; SOFT TISSUE;

BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; HISTOLOGY; TISSUE;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

COLLAGEN FIBER; ELASTIN;

ANEURYSM; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COLLAGEN DEGRADATION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; COMPRESSION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANICAL TORSION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 72149121556     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.09.022     Document Type: Article

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