title: What is the role of biomechanics in cardiac surgery?
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biological Structure Mechanics, Department of Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. riccardo.pietrabissa@polimi.it
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pietrabissa
authors.forename: Vincenzo Stefano
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Luisi
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D012212:Rheology