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There are currently no validated methods for accurately estimating regional ventricular mechanical properties. We recently developed a dynamic indentation system that can determine dynamic transverse stiffness (the slope of the relation between the indentation stress and indentation strain during high frequency indentations) in as little as 10 msec. The apparatus consists of an indentation probe coupled to a linear-motor and a computerized control system. This indentation system was tested on beating, canine ventricular septa that were mounted in a biaxial system that could apply strains in the plane of the septum and measure the resulting in-plane stresses. The probe indented the septa with peak displacements of 0.1–0.5 mm at frequencies of 20 and 50 Hz. The transverse stiffness was shown to be related to the in-plane stress and stiffness in the isolated septa. Dynamic transverse stiffness was then used to study the effects of myocardial perfusion on passive tissue stiffness and on contractility. In addition, the transverse stiffness was studied in intact canine hearts during diastole, where it was related to the chamber stiffness. Thus, dynamic transverse stiffness appears to allow estimation of myocardial mechanical properties.
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Halperin, H.R., Tsitlik, J.E., Rayburn, B.K., Resar, J.R., Livingston, J.Z., Yin, F.C.P. (1993). Estimation of Myocardial Mechanical Properties with Dynamic Transverse Stiffness. In: Sideman, S., Beyar, R. (eds) Interactive Phenomena in the Cardiac System. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 346. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2946-0_10
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