Cardiac Tissue Structure, Properties, and Performance: A Materials Science Perspective

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2003-2013

  Golob, Mark ^a   Moss, Richard L ^b   Chesler, Naomi C ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac myocyte mechanics; Cardiac sarcomere mechanics; Cardiac tissue testing; Review

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DESIGN; HEART; REVIEWS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CARDIAC MYOCYTES; CARDIAC TISSUES; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL LOADINGS; STRUCTURE , PROPERTIES; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES;

TISSUE;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; HEART; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SARCOMERE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HEART; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SARCOMERES;

EID: 84920252428     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-014-1071-z     Document Type: Review

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