Age-related analysis of structural, biochemical and mechanical properties of the porcine mitral heart valve leaflets

Connective Tissue Research

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 394-402

  Kasyanov, Vladimir ^a,b   Moreno Rodriguez, Ricardo A ^c   Kalejs, Martins ^a   Ozolanta, Iveta ^a   Stradins, Peteris ^a   Wen, Xuejun ^d   Yao, Hai ^d   Mironov, Vladimir ^c,e  

^a RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^b RIGA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Clemson University   (United States)

^e Renato Archer Center for Information Technology   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Collagen; Heart valve; Porcine; Stress strain

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; HYDROXYPROLINE;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DENATURATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRY WEIGHT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FETUS; FETUS HEART; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HISTOLOGY; MITRAL VALVE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; SHIFT TO THE LEFT; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; THICKNESS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COLLAGEN; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FETUS; MITRAL VALVE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84887863385     PISSN: 03008207     EISSN: 16078438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03008207.2013.823954     Document Type: Article

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