Effects of valve geometry and tissue anisotropy on the radial stretch and coaptation area of tissue-engineered heart valves

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1792-1800

  Loerakker, S ^a   Argento, G ^a   Oomens, C W J ^a   Baaijens, F P T ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collagen; Constitutive modeling; Finite element modeling; Leaflet retraction; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK; CONSTITUTIVE BEHAVIORS; DEGREE OF ANISOTROPY; DIASTOLIC PRESSURE; LEAFLET RETRACTION; TISSUE RETRACTION; TISSUE-ENGINEERED HEART; VALVE REPLACEMENT;

ANISOTROPY; COLLAGEN; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

TISSUE;

ANISOTROPY; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER MODEL; CONSTITUTIVE MODELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

COLLAGEN; CONSTITUTIVE MODELING; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; LEAFLET RETRACTION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BIOPROSTHESIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84880042055     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.05.015     Document Type: Article

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