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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2012 Nov 20;46(2):217–228. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.10.026

Table 2.

Material models used to describe heart valve mechanical response.

Study Valve Leaflets Chordae Valsalva sinuses /
Ascending aorta
LV
Votta 2008 MV Hyperelastic
Transversely
Isotropic
Hyperelastic
isotropic
- -
Wenk 2010 MV Hyperelastic
Transversely
Isotropic
Hyperelastic
isotropic
- Hyperelastic
Transversely
Isotropic
(passive+active)
Stevanella 2011 MV Hyperelastic
Transversely
Isotropic
Hyperelastic
isotropic
- -
Mansi 2012 MV Orthotropic Linear
Elastic
Piece-wise
linear elastic
- -
Xu 2012 MV Orthotropic Linear
Elastic
Linear elastic - -
Pouch 2012 MV Orthotropic Linear
Elastic
Linear elastic - -
Wang 2012 MV Hyperelastic
Anisotropic
Hyperelastic
isotropic
- -
Sirois 2011 AV Hyperelastic
Anisotropic
- Hyperelastic
Anisotropic
-
Wang 2012 AV Hyperelastic
Anisotropic with
distributed fibers
- Hyperelastic
Anisotropic with
distributed fibers
Hyperelastic
Anisotropic with
distributed
fibers
Capelli 2012 AV Hyperelastic
Isotropic
- Hyperelastic
Isotropic
-