On the multiscale modeling of heart valve biomechanics in health and disease
Open Access
- 12 January 2010
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology
- Vol. 9 (4), 373-387
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10237-009-0181-2
Abstract
Theoretical models of the human heart valves are useful tools for understanding and characterizing the dynamics of healthy and diseased valves. Enabled by advances in numerical modeling and in a range of disciplines within experimental biomechanics, recent models of the heart valves have become increasingly comprehensive and accurate. In this paper, we first review the fundamentals of native heart valve physiology, composition and mechanics in health and disease. We will then furnish an overview of the development of theoretical and experimental methods in modeling heart valve biomechanics over the past three decades. Next, we will emphasize the necessity of using multiscale modeling approaches in order to provide a comprehensive description of heart valve biomechanics able to capture general heart valve behavior. Finally, we will offer an outlook for the future of valve multiscale modeling, the potential directions for further developments and the challenges involved.Keywords
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