Current understanding of the right ventricle structure and function in pulmonary arterial hypertension

D Sharifi Kia, K Kim, MA Simon - Frontiers in physiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a disease resulting in increased right ventricular
(RV) afterload and RV remodeling. PAH results in altered RV structure and function at …

A contemporary look at biomechanical models of myocardium

R Avazmohammadi, JS Soares, DS Li… - Annual review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Understanding and predicting the mechanical behavior of myocardium under healthy and
pathophysiological conditions are vital to developing novel cardiac therapies and promoting …

Angiotensin receptor‐neprilysin inhibition attenuates right ventricular remodeling in pulmonary hypertension

D Sharifi Kia, E Benza, TN Bachman… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Pulmonary hypertension (PH) results in increased right ventricular (RV)
afterload and ventricular remodeling. Sacubitril/valsartan (sac/val) is a dual acting drug …

An image-driven micromechanical approach to characterize multiscale remodeling in infarcted myocardium

EA Mendiola, S Neelakantan, Q Xiang, S Xia, J Zhang… - Acta biomaterialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Myocardial infarction (MI) is accompanied by the formation of a fibrotic scar in the left
ventricle (LV) and initiates significant alterations in the architecture and constituents of the …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanics of pulmonary airways: linking structure to function through constitutive modeling, biochemistry, and histology

M Eskandari, TM Nordgren, GD O'Connell - Acta biomaterialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Breathing involves fluid-solid interactions in the lung; however, the lack of experimental data
inhibits combining the mechanics of air flow to airway deformation, challenging the …

A machine learning model to estimate myocardial stiffness from EDPVR

H Babaei, EA Mendiola, S Neelakantan, Q Xiang… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
In-vivo estimation of mechanical properties of the myocardium is essential for patient-
specific diagnosis and prognosis of cardiac disease involving myocardial remodeling …

Simulation of the 3D hyperelastic behavior of ventricular myocardium using a finite-element based neural-network approach

W Zhang, DS Li, T Bui-Thanh, MS Sacks - Computer methods in applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
High-fidelity cardiac models using attribute-rich finite element based models have been
developed to a very mature stage. However, such finite-element based approaches remain …

Right ventricular myocardial mechanics: Multi-modal deformation, microstructure, modeling, and comparison to the left ventricle

S Kakaletsis, WD Meador, M Mathur, GP Sugerman… - Acta biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
The right ventricular myocardium, much like the rest of the right side of the heart, has been
consistently understudied. Presently, little is known about its mechanics, its microstructure …

Biomechanical and hemodynamic measures of right ventricular diastolic function: Translating tissue biomechanics to clinical relevance

S Jang, RR Vanderpool… - Journal of the …, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Right ventricular (RV) diastolic function has been associated with outcomes for
patients with pulmonary hypertension; however, the relationship between biomechanics and …

Transmural remodeling of right ventricular myocardium in response to pulmonary arterial hypertension

R Avazmohammadi, M Hill, M Simon, M Sacks - APL bioengineering, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) imposes substantial pressure overload on the right
ventricular free wall (RVFW), leading to myofiber hypertrophy and remodeling of its collagen …