| Literature DB >> 24156641 |
S Gabriele1, P Nardinocchi, V Varano.
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to emphasise the role of the primary strain-line patterns in a human left ventricle (LV) within the complex system that is the heart. In particular, a protocol is proposed for the measurement of the principal strain lines (PSL) in the walls of the LV; this protocol is tested by means of a computational model which resembles a human LV. When the analysis is focused on the epicardial surface, PSL can be used to derive information on the directions of muscle fibres during the entire cardiac cycle, not only the systolic phase.Entities:
Keywords: left ventricle; myocites architecture; nonlinear mechanics; strain lines
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Year: 2013 PMID： 24156641 DOI： 10.1080/10255842.2013.847094
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin ISSN： 1025-5842 Impact factor: 1.763