AuthorsG. Balaban and S. Wall
TitleA Computational Method for Determining Left Ventricular Diastolic Fiber Strain Relative to a Zero Pressure Geometry
AfilliationScientific Computing
Project(s)Center for Biomedical Computing (SFF)
StatusPublished
Publication TypeProceedings, non-refereed
Year of Publication2015
Conference NameUSART Workshop
Date Published09/2015
KeywordsCardiac Mechanics, Fiber Strain, Optimization
Abstract

Abnormal cardiac fiber stretching has been shown to be
related to the formation of arrhythmias. In this work we
estimate this stretching relative to a pressure free state using
a finite element model that has been calibrated to strain and
pressure measurements in late diastole.
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