title: Determination of the left ventricular myofiber angle analytically and its significance.
abstract: It is known that the tremendous internal pressure build-up in the left ventricle (LV) cavity during isovolumic contraction is due to the contraction of the spirally woven myocardial fibers. In this paper, a biomathematical model is developed to investigate the fiber angle using the theory of elasticity. Simultaneously, another simplified model in order to reduce the mathematical complexity was also developed to determine the fiber angle. The results of these two models showed that both the myocardial fiber angles are in same magnitude.
authors.affiliation: Sch. of Mech. & Aerosp. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ. Singapore.
authors.forename: Liu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Dhanjoo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ghista
authors.forename: Chua
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Leok Poh
authors.forename: Meena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sankaranarayanan
authors.forename: Ru
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: San Tan
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Seng Tan