title: Assessment of passive elastic stiffness of cardiac muscle: mathematical concepts, physiologic and clinical considerations, directions of future research.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000503:physiopathology; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000503:physiopathology; D003187:Compliance; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004548:Elasticity; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006334:Heart Function Tests / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008433:Mathematics; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000503:physiopathology; D008954:Models, Biological; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology; D013045:Species Specificity; D013314:Stress, Mechanical