The Intrinsic Fatigue Mechanism of the Porcine Aortic Valve Extracellular Matrix

Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-72

  Liao, Jun ^a   Joyce, Erinn M ^b   Merryman, W David ^c   Jones, Hugh L ^a   Tahai, Mina ^a   Horstemeyer, M F ^a   Williams, Lakiesha N ^a   Hopkins, Richard A ^d   Sacks, Michael S ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGOWAN INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic valve leaflet; Cyclic fatigue; Decellularization; Extracellular matrix; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

AORTIC VALVE LEAFLETS; AORTIC VALVES; BIAXIAL MECHANICAL TESTING; COLLAGEN FIBER STRUCTURE; CROSSLINKS; CYCLIC FATIGUE; DECELLULARIZATION; DECELLULARIZED; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; FATIGUE MECHANISM; FLOW CONDITION; IN-VITRO; LONG TERM DURABILITY; MECHANISTIC STUDIES; RECELLULARIZATION; SMALL-ANGLE LIGHT SCATTERING; STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; STRUCTURAL FATIGUE; TISSUE REMODELING; TISSUE-ENGINEERED HEART;

DURABILITY; MECHANICAL TESTING; MORPHOLOGY; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); SILICONES; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

HEART;

COLLAGEN FIBER; ELASTIN;

ACELLULAR VALVE IMPLANT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA SINUS; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DEVICES; EXERCISE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FATIGUE; FLOW LOOP CARDIAC EXERCISER; HEART CYCLE; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRINSIC FATIGUE MECHANISM; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PULSATILE FLOW; SMALL ANGLE LIGHT SCATTERING; SWINE; TISSUE REPAIR;

EID: 84857990137     PISSN: 1869408X     EISSN: 18694098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13239-011-0080-4     Document Type: Article

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