Mechanical behaviour of the human atria

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1478-1490

  Bellini, Chiara ^a   Di Martino, Elena S ^a   Federico, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constitutive modelling; Convexity; Fibre reinforced; Fung potential; Fung strain energy; Human atrium; Mechanical behaviour; Microstructural model; Tensor representation

Indexed keywords

CONVEXITY; FIBRE-REINFORCED; FUNG POTENTIAL; HUMAN ATRIUM; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MICROSTRUCTURAL MODELS; TENSOR REPRESENTATION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMECHANICS; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; ELASTICITY; FIBERS; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NUMBER THEORY; STRAIN ENERGY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TISSUE;

TENSORS;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

AGED; ATRIAL FUNCTION; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELASTICITY; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84879420861     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-012-0699-9     Document Type: Article

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