Biventricular finite element modeling of the acorn CorCap cardiac support device on a failing heart

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2022-2027

  Wenk, Jonathan F ^a,b   Ge, Liang ^c,d,e   Zhang, Zhihong ^e   Mojsejenko, Dimitri ^a   Potter, D Dean ^f   Tseng, Elaine E ^d,e   Guccione, Julius M ^c,d,e   Ratcliffe, Mark B ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; MATERIALS TESTING; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84878246685     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.02.032     Document Type: Article

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