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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