Bicuspid aortic valve hemodynamics induces abnormal medial remodeling in the convexity of porcine ascending aortas

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1209-1225

  Atkins, Samantha K ^a   Cao, Kai ^a   Rajamannan, Nalini M ^b   Sucosky, Philippe ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic disease; Bicuspid aortic valve; Fluid shear stress; Fluid structure interaction modeling; Matrix metalloproteinases

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; SHEAR STRESS; TISSUE;

AORTIC DISEASE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVES; FLUID SHEAR STRESS; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FLUID–STRUCTURE INTERACTION MODELING; INTERACTION MODELING; MATRIX; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; METALLOPROTEINASES; WALL-SHEAR STRESS;

HEMODYNAMICS;

SUS; TOMATO ASPERMY VIRUS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B;

ANIMAL; AORTA; AORTA VALVE; BIOREACTOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ENZYMOLOGY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; UPREGULATION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VASCULAR REMODELING;

ANIMALS; AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOREACTORS; CELL SURVIVAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUS SCROFA; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; UP-REGULATION; VASCULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84919461373     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16177940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-014-0567-7     Document Type: Article

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