In vivo porcine left atrial wall stress: Effect of ventricular tachypacing on spatial and temporal stress distribution

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2755-2760

  Di Martino, Elena S ^a   Bellini, Chiara ^a   Schwartzman, David S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; FEM simulations; Ventricular tachypacing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES; COMPLEX PATTERN; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; ELEVATED STRESS; FEM SIMULATIONS; IN-VIVO; ION CHANNEL; LEFT ATRIUMS; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MITRAL VALVES; PRESSURE OVERLOAD; PULMONARY VEINS; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; VENTRICULAR TACHYPACING; WALL STRESS; YORKSHIRES;

DISEASES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HEART STRESS; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MITRAL VALVE; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SWINE; WALL STRESS;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIUM; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SWINE;

EID: 80055084964     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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