Soft biological tissues are complex materials with a large structural variety, with differences
in behavior, but with some common characteristics. Skin is an archetypal soft tissue which …

Clinical and research data indicate that active and passive changes in the mechanical
environment of the heart are capable of influencing both the initiation and the spread of …

Finite elasticity theory combined with finite element analysis provides the framework for
analysing ventricular mechanics during the filling phase of the cardiac cycle, when cardiac …

We investigate a new method of solving the problem of fluid-structure interaction of an
incompressible elastic object in laminar incompressible viscous flow. Our proposed method …

Written by more than 400 subject experts representing diverse academic and applied
domains, this multidisciplinary resource surveys the vanguard of biomaterials and …

Recent morphological studies have demonstrated a laminar (sheet) organization of
ventricular myofibers. Multiaxial measurements of orthotropic myocardial constitutive …

One embodiment discloses a computerized method of facili tating cardiac intervention. The
method may include input ting patient data and creating a computerized interactive model of …

The three-dimensional geometry and anisotropic properties of the heart give rise to
nonhomogeneous distributions of stress, strain, electrical activation and repolarization. In …

Ventricular wall stress is believed to be responsible for many physical mechanisms taking
place in the human heart, including ventricular remodeling, which is frequently associated …

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subject matter in a didactically sound manner. It presents a review of the current knowledge …