Active contraction of cardiac muscle: In vivo characterization of mechanical activation sequences in the beating heart

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1167-1176

  Tsamis, Alkiviadis ^a   Bothe, Wolfgang ^b   Kvitting, John Peder Escobar ^b   Swanson, Julia C ^b   Miller, D Craig ^b   Kuhl, Ellen ^a,b,c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cardiac mechanics; Contraction; Excitation; Muscle; Transmural strains

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FIBERS; BEATING HEART; CARDIAC CYCLES; CARDIAC MECHANICS; CARDIAC MUSCLES; CARDIAC STRAIN; CARDIAC WALL; CHRONIC HEART FAILURES; DATA SETS; HEART MUSCLES; IN-VIVO; INNER WALLS; LATERAL WALLS; LEFT VENTRICULAR; LEFT VENTRICULAR REMODELING; MECHANICAL ACTIVATION; MUSCLE FIBER; STRAIN PROFILES; TRANSMURAL STRAINS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; FIBERS; MUSCLE; STRAIN;

HEART;

ARTICLE; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; HEART; HEMODYNAMICS; MALE; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; SHEEP; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960555859     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.03.027     Document Type: Article

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