Experimental and computational investigation of altered mechanical properties in myocardium after hydrogel injection

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1546-1556

  Kichula, Elena Tous ^a   Wang, Hua ^c   Dorsey, Shauna M ^a   Szczesny, Spencer E ^a   Elliott, Dawn M ^b   Burdick, Jason A ^a   Wenk, Jonathan F ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element modeling; Hyaluronic acid; Hydrogel; Left ventricular remodeling; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYALURONIC ACID; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGANIC ACIDS; STIFFNESS; STRESSES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION; HYALURONIC ACID HYDROGELS; INJECTABLE BIOMATERIALS; LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION; LEFT VENTRICULAR REMODELING; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL WALL STRESS; THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION;

HYDROGELS;

BIOMATERIAL; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROGEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HYDROGEL; IN VIVO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SIMULATION; STRESS FIBER; WALL STRESS; YOUNG MODULUS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING;

ANIMALS; HYDROGEL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIUM; SHEEP; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84904262322     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-013-0937-9     Document Type: Article

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