On the multiscale modeling of heart valve biomechanics in health and disease

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 373-387

  Weinberg, Eli J ^a   Shahmirzadi, Danial ^a   Mofrad, Mohammad Reza Kaazempur ^a  

^a University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular biomechanics; Computational modeling; Heart valve; Multiscale modeling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; HEART VALVE; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; SIMULATION;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; HEART;

VALVES (MECHANICAL);

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; HEALTH; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; HEALTH; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 77956393865     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-009-0181-2     Document Type: Review

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