On the in vivo deformation of the mitral valve anterior leaflet: Effects of annular geometry and referential configuration

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1455-1467

  Amini, Rouzbeh ^a   Eckert, Chad E ^a   Koomalsingh, Kevin ^b   McGarvey, Jeremy ^b   Minakawa, Masahito ^b   Gorman, Joseph H ^b   Gorman, Robert C ^b   Sacks, Michael S ^a,c  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Flat ring annuloplasty; Repair surgery; Stressfree state

Indexed keywords

3D POSITIONS; ANNULAR GEOMETRY; ANNULOPLASTY; CARDIAC CYCLES; CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIRECTION; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL STRAIN; IN-VIVO; LEFT VENTRICULAR; MICROSTRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS; MITRAL VALVES; OVINE MODEL; PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; RADIAL DIRECTION; RESIDUAL STRAINS; STANDARD ERRORS; STRAIN STATE; STRESS-FREE STATE; TISSUE REMODELING;

BLOOD PRESSURE; DEFORMATION; DURABILITY; ELASTICITY; HEART; PHYSIOLOGY; REPAIR; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TISSUE; TRANSDUCERS;

STRAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HEART CONTRACTION; HISTOLOGY; MITRAL VALVE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; MITRAL VALVE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; SHEEP; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84864533766     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-012-0524-5     Document Type: Article

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