Influence of myocardial fiber/sheet orientations on left ventricular mechanical contraction

Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 592-606

  Eriksson, T S E ^a,b   Prassl, A J ^a,b   Plank, G ^b   Holzapfel, G A ^a,c  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electro mechanics; mono domain; PV loops; weak coupling

Indexed keywords

ELECTRO-MECHANICS; HETEROGENEOUS MODELING; HETEROGENEOUS STRUCTURES; MECHANICAL CONTRACTION; MONODOMAINS; PV LOOPS; STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY; WEAK COUPLINGS;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

FIBERS;

EID: 84882319758     PISSN: 10812865     EISSN: 17413028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081286513485779     Document Type: Article

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