A structural constitutive model for the native pulmonary valve

Michael S Sacks; Thanh V Lam; John E Mayer Jr

doi:10.1109/IEMBS.2004.1404048

A structural constitutive model for the native pulmonary valve

Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2004:2004:3734-6. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2004.1404048.

Authors

Michael S Sacks¹, Thanh V Lam, John E Mayer Jr

Affiliation

¹ Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

PMID: 17271106
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2004.1404048

Abstract

Replacement of the native pulmonary valve (PV) with tissue engineered valves requires a thorough understanding of the function of the PV. We undertook the following study to quantify the biaxial mechanical behavior of the porcine PV and develop a structural constitutive model. To our knowledge, this is the first such model for the PV.