Optimal elastomeric scaffold leaflet shape for pulmonary heart valve leaflet replacement

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 662-669

  Fan, Rong ^a   Bayoumi, Ahmed S ^b   Chen, Peter ^b   Hobson, Christopher M ^c   Wagner, William R ^c   Mayer, John E ^b   Sacks, Michael S ^a  

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

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MCGOWAN INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Constitutive modeling; Finite element; Leaflet replacement surgery; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CANDIDATE MATERIALS; DIMENSIONAL CHANGES; EFFECTS OF MATERIALS; ELASTOMERIC SCAFFOLDS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; HYPERELASTIC MATERIALS; METHODICAL APPROACH; PULMONARY HEART VALVE;

ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; DESIGN; HEART; OPTIMIZATION; SURGERY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EX VIVO STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTOMERS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PULMONARY VALVE; SHEEP; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84879899372     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.11.046     Document Type: Article

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