Determination of the left ventricular myofiber angle analytically and its significance.
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.
Li
Liu
L
Sch. of Mech. & Aerosp. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ. Singapore.
Liang
Zhong
Z
Ghista
Dhanjoo
D
Leok Poh
Chua
C
Sankaranarayanan
Meena
M
San Tan
Ru
R
Seng Tan
Yong
Y