Strain transfer through the aortic valve

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Anssari Benam, Afshin ^a   Gupta, Himadri S ^a   Screen, Hazel R C ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aortic valve; end effects; fibrous network; internal shear; interstitial cells

Indexed keywords

AORTIC VALVES; APPLIED STRAIN; DIRECT TRANSFER; END EFFECTS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; FIBROUS NETWORKS; HIGHLY NONLINEAR; INTERNAL SHEAR; KEY FEATURE; LOAD-BEARING ELEMENTS; LOADING MODES; LOCAL STRAINS; MACROSTRAINS; MICROSTRUCTURAL MODELING; NONUNIFORM; NONUNIFORMITY; STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS; STRAIN TRANSFER; STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION; TISSUE LEVELS; TISSUE SURFACE;

DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; LOADING; SHEAR FLOW; TISSUE;

STRAIN;

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART; HEART MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL STRESS; SHEAR STRESS; SWINE; ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; CYTOLOGY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; AORTIC VALVE; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE;

EID: 84862745137     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4006812     Document Type: Article

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