Correlation of structure and viscoelastic properties in the pericardia of four mammalian species
| Autor: | J. M. Lee, W. A. Naimark, D. T. Cheung, H. Limeback |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
| Předmět: |
Electrophoresis
High strain rate Bovine pericardium Swine Physiology Peptide Mapping Vibration Viscoelasticity Dogs Physiology (medical) Stress relaxation medicine Animals Pericardium Mammals Sheep Viscosity Chemistry Anatomy Strain rate Elasticity medicine.anatomical_structure Vibration response Structural composition Biophysics Cattle Collagen Stress Mechanical Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 263:H1095-H1106 |
| ISSN: | 1522-1539 0363-6135 |
| Popis: | Although the pericardium is recognized as having important contributions to ventricular function, the relationship between its functional role and structural composition remains poorly understood. Conflicting evidence from low strain rate experiments has shown that differences exist between the mechanical properties of canine, human, and bovine pericardium but with no structural explanation for these differences. This paper examines the pericardia of calves, dogs, pigs, and sheep using a structural/mechanical approach with techniques novel to the pericardial literature. High strain rate mechanical testing for stress-strain response, stress relaxation, and forced vibration response has shown the pericardium to be much more viscoelastic than previously believed under large deformations, but to be quite elastic in small vibrations. The thinner canine and porcine pericardia were found to be significantly stiffer than the thicker bovine and ovine tissues, but equivalently viscoelastic. Biochemical analysis shows these thinner tissues to have significantly higher levels of type III collagen combined with a higher degree of cross-linking. This is the first structural explanation for differences in mechanical properties between the pericardia of different species. |
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