Application of finite element analysis to the design of tissue leaflets for a percutaneous aortic valve

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-98

  Smuts, A N ^a   Blaine, D C ^a   Scheffer, C ^a   Weich, H ^b   Doubell, A F ^b   Dellimore, K H ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aortic valve leaflet; Biaxial tissue testing; Bovine pericardium; Constitutive model for skin; Finite element analysis; Kangaroo pericardium; Percutaneous aortic valve

Indexed keywords

AORTIC VALVE LEAFLETS; AORTIC VALVES; BIAXIAL TISSUE TESTING; BOVINE PERICARDIUM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; KANGAROO PERICARDIUM;

BIOMINERALIZATION; BLOOD VESSELS; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TISSUE; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL); VALVES (MECHANICAL);

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

COLLAGEN; GLUTARALDEHYDE;

AORTA; ARTICLE; COW; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORCE; GEOMETRY; HEART VALVE; KANGAROO; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPROSTHESIS; CATTLE; ELASTIC MODULUS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MACROPODIDAE; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PERICARDIUM; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 78649328568     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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