Individually personalized computational models of heart mechanics can be used to estimate
important physiological and clinically‐relevant quantities that are difficult, if not impossible …

This study develops a new hybrid active contraction model for myocardial dynamics
abstracted from sarcomere by combining the phenomenologically active-stress based Hill …

The numerical approximation of hyperelasticity must address nonlinear constitutive laws,
geometric nonlinearities associated with large strains and deformations, the imposition of …

Abstract Models for cardiac mechanics require an activation mechanism properly
representing the stress‐strain relations in the contracting myocardium. In this paper, we …

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) presents a significant challenge to right ventricular
(RV) function due to progressive pressure overload, necessitating adaptive remodeling in …

Computational models of cardiac mechanics, personalized to a patient, offer access to
mechanical information above and beyond direct medical imaging. Additionally, such …

Cardiac muscle tissue during relaxation is commonly modeled as a hyperelastic material
with strongly nonlinear and anisotropic stress response. Adapting the behavior of such a …

Most electromechanical cardiac models available in the literature are based on the Finite
Element Method (FEM). Despite FEM's high accuracy, its performance is intrinsically …

INTRODUCTION Abnormal stresses are hypothesized to be a key driver in remodelling
processes associated with heart failure [7]. However, it is currently impossible to measure …

The functioning of the heart, which main role is pumping blood to the rest of the body, is the
result of a complex combination of multi-scale physical processes from the molecular to the …