In vivo myocardial material properties and stress distributions in normal and failing human hearts

Jonathan F. Wenk, Zhihong Zhang, Guangming Cheng, Kay Sun, Joseph C. Walker, David A. Saloner, Mark B. Ratcliffe, Julius M. Guccione

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Abstract

A noninvasive method for estimating myocardial material properties in vivo would be of great value in the design and evaluation of new surgical and medical strategies to treat and/or prevent heart failure. Once the material properties for the myocardium are established, the effect of therapeutic changes on regional geometry (i.e., surgical remodeling) and/or material properties (i.e., medicine, gene therapy, and cell therapy) can be evaluated and the success or failure of a proposed therapy predicted. With clinical experience, such a method could be used as a diagnostic modality to risk stratify patients early after a myocardial infarction (MI) who are at risk for adverse remodeling and the development of heart failure.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPatient-Specific Modeling of the Cardiovascular System
Subtitle of host publicationTechnology-Driven Personalized Medicine
Pages131-144
Number of pages14
ISBN (Electronic)9781441966919
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010

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ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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