Mechanics of the tricuspid valve—From clinical diagnosis/treatment, in-vivo and in-vitro investigations, to patient-specific biomechanical modeling

CH Lee, DW Laurence, CJ Ross, KE Kramer, AR Babu… - Bioengineering, 2019 - mdpi.com
Proper tricuspid valve (TV) function is essential to unidirectional blood flow through the right
side of the heart. Alterations to the tricuspid valvular components, such as the TV annulus …

Benchtop characterization of the tricuspid valve leaflet pre-strains

DW Laurence, CJ Ross, MC Hsu, A Mir, HM Burkhart… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
The pre-strains of biological soft tissues are important when relating their in vitro and in vivo
mechanical behaviors. In this study, we present the first-of-its-kind experimental …

Regional quantification of brain tissue strain using displacement-encoding with stimulated echoes magnetic resonance imaging

SH Pahlavian, J Oshinski… - Journal of …, 2018 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Intrinsic cardiac-induced deformation of brain tissue is thought to be important in the
pathophysiology of various neurological disorders. In this study, we evaluated the feasibility …

Pressure-induced microstructural changes in porcine tricuspid valve leaflets

AD Pant, VS Thomas, AL Black, T Verba, JG Lesicko… - Acta biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Quantifying mechanically-induced changes in the tricuspid valve extracellular matrix (ECM)
structural components, eg collagen fiber spread and distribution, is important as it …

Robust tool wear monitoring using systematic feature selection in turning processes with consideration of uncertainties

B Zhang, C Katinas, YC Shin - Journal of …, 2018 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper describes a robust tool wear monitoring scheme for turning processes using low-
cost sensors. A feature normalization scheme is proposed to eliminate the dependence of …

Tricuspid valve biomechanics: A brief review

WD Meador, M Mathur, MK Rausch - Advances in Heart Valve …, 2018 - Springer
The mechanics of the tricuspid valve are poorly understood. Today's unsatisfying outcomes
of tricuspid valve surgery, at least in part, may be due to this lack of knowledge. Therefore …

A pilot in silico modeling‐based study of the pathological effects on the biomechanical function of tricuspid valves

DW Laurence, EL Johnson, MC Hsu… - … journal for numerical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Current clinical assessment of functional tricuspid valve regurgitation relies on metrics
quantified from medical imaging modalities. Although these clinical methodologies are …

[HTML][HTML] Tricuspid valve leaflet strains in the beating ovine heart

M Mathur, T Jazwiec, WD Meador… - … and modeling in …, 2019 - Springer
The tricuspid leaflets coapt during systole to facilitate proper valve function and, thus, ensure
efficient transport of deoxygenated blood to the lungs. Between their open state and closed …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering analysis of tricuspid annular dynamics in the beating ovine heart

MK Rausch, M Malinowski, P Wilton… - Annals of Biomedical …, 2018 - Springer
Functional tricuspid regurgitation is a significant source of morbidity and mortality in the US.
Furthermore, treatment of functional tricuspid regurgitation is suboptimal with significant …

[HTML][HTML] A computational multi-scale approach to investigate mechanically-induced changes in tricuspid valve anterior leaflet microstructure

VS Thomas, V Lai, R Amini - Acta biomaterialia, 2019 - Elsevier
The tricuspid valve is an atrioventricular valve that prevents blood backflow from the right
ventricle into the right atrium during ventricular contractions. It is important to study …