Fatigue exhaustion of the mitral valve tissue

Sudden failure and rupture of the tissue is a rare but serious short-term complication after the mitral valve surgical repair. Excessive cyclic loading on the suture line of the repair can progressively damage the surrounding tissue and finally cause tissue rupture. Moreover, mechanical over-tension...

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Main Authors: Javid, Farhad, Shahmansouri, Nastaran, Angeles, Jorge, Mongrain, Rosaire
Other Authors: Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/128907