Aortic valve leaflet mechanical properties facilitate diastolic valve function

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-234

  Koch, T M ^a,b   Reddy, B D ^a   Zilla, P ^b   Franz, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Computational simulations; Hyperelastic; Transversely isotropic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANISOTROPY; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIASTOLE; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; AORTIC VALVE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIASTOLE; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 77954674126     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255840903120160     Document Type: Article

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