Live en face imaging of aortic valve leaflets under mechanical stress

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 355-361

  Metzler, Scott A ^a   Digesu, Christopher S ^a   Howard, Joel I ^a   To, S D Filip ^a   Warnock, James N ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell morphology; Endothelium; Heart valve; Live cell microscopy; Mechanotransduction

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CELL CULTURE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HEART; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

AORTIC VALVE LEAFLETS; CELL MORPHOLOGY; EN-FACE IMAGING; ENDOTHELIUM; HEART VALVES; IN-VIVO; LIVE CELL MICROSCOPY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; SOFT TISSUE;

TISSUE;

ANIMALIA;

GLUCOSE;

ANISOTROPY; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROSTHESIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANISOTROPY; AORTIC VALVE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; ENDOTHELIUM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLUCOSE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84861098012     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16177940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-011-0315-1     Document Type: Article

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