Regional structure-function relationships in mouse aortic valve tissue

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-83

  Krishnamurthy, Varun K ^a,c   Guilak, Farshid ^b   Narmoneva, Daria A ^a   Hinton, Robert B ^c  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Histochemistry; Mice; Micropipette aspiration; Tissue mechanical properties; Valves

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED; AORTIC VALVES; BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; CUSP REGION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; HALF-SPACE; HISTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICROPIPETTE ASPIRATION; MICROPIPETTE ASPIRATION TECHNIQUES; PROTEOGLYCANS; REGIONAL STRUCTURE; SITE-SPECIFIC; SMALL ANIMAL; SMALL ANIMAL MODEL; TENSILE STIFFNESS; TRANSGENIC MICE; VALVE DISEASE; VALVES; WILD TYPES;

ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSELS; DISEASES; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; MECHANISMS; SHEAR STRESS; STIFFNESS; TISSUE;

VALVES (MECHANICAL);

COLLAGEN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE COMPLIANCE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROPIPETTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE HISTOCHEMISTRY; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VISCOELASTICITY; WILD TYPE;

AGING; ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROTEOGLYCANS; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY;

EID: 78650015513     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.08.026     Document Type: Article

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