Characterizing the collagen fiber orientation in pericardial leaflets under mechanical loading conditions

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 547-561

  Alavi, S Hamed ^a   Ruiz, Victor ^b   Krasieva, Tatiana ^c   Botvinick, Elliot L ^a,c   Kheradvar, Arash ^a  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biaxial loading; Bioprosthetic heart valve; Collagen fiber orientation; Second harmonic generation microscopy

Indexed keywords

BIAXIAL LOADING; BIOPROSTHETIC HEART VALVES; COLLAGEN FIBER ORIENTATION; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; MECHANICAL LOADING; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; REAL TIME VISUALIZATION; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION MICROSCOPIES (SHG);

COLLAGEN; DYNAMIC LOADS; FIBERS; STRESSES; TISSUE;

VALVES (MECHANICAL);

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPROSTHESIS; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; PERICARDIUM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPROSTHESIS; CATTLE; COLLAGEN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PERICARDIUM; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84876167985     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-012-0696-z     Document Type: Article

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