Modeling active muscle contraction in mitral valve leaflets during systole: A first approach

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-26

  Skallerud, B ^a   Prot, V ^b   Nordrum, I S ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Constitutive modeling; Finite element analysis; Mitral valve; Muscle activation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; COLLAGEN; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBERS; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ACTIVATION LEVEL; ACTIVE MUSCLES; COLLAGEN FIBRES; CONSTITUTIVE MODELING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSE; MITRAL VALVES; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; MUSCLE FIBER; PASSIVE MATERIALS; VALVE LEAFLETS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

SUS;

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOG; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; MITRAL VALVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SWINE; SYSTOLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COLLAGEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOGS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MITRAL VALVE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SWINE; SYSTOLE;

EID: 79551533732     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-010-0215-9     Document Type: Article

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