The Tensile and Viscoelastic Properties of Aortic Valve Leaflets Treated with a Hyaluronidase Gradient

Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 151-160

  Tseng, Hubert ^a   Kim, Eric J ^a   Connell, Patrick S ^a,b   Ayoub, Salma ^a   Shah, Jay V ^a   Grande Allen, K Jane ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Glycosaminoglycans; Hyaluronidase; Mechanical testing; Stress relaxation; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BLOOD VESSELS; HEART; MAMMALS; MECHANICAL TESTING; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS; STRESS RELAXATION; VALVES (MECHANICAL); VISCOELASTICITY;

AORTIC VALVE LEAFLETS; AORTIC VALVES; BIOPROSTHETIC HEART VALVES; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HYALURONIDASE; STRESS RELAXATION BEHAVIOR; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

STRAIN RATE;

HYALURONIDASE; URONIC ACID;

ALCIAN BLUE STAINING; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; ISOLATED HEART; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 84877068426     PISSN: 1869408X     EISSN: 18694098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13239-013-0122-1     Document Type: Article

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