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Role of Preconditioning and Recovery Time in Repeated Testing of Aortic Valve Tissues: Validation Through Quasilinear Viscoelastic Theory

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We investigated how preconditioning history and specimen recovery time affect the accuracy of measurements of mechanical properties obtained from sequential, repeated materials testing of porcine aortic valve (PAV) cusps. Strain history protocols were modeled by quasilinear viscoelastic theory and the results compared with the experimental data. Assuming that the model was predictive, the accuracy of predicting experimental data was related to the suitability of the materials testing protocol. We found that the preconditioned state of the PAV material was not unique but was a function of the deformation history that had occurred before the preconditioning cycles. Preconditioning without an adequate rest period between tests increased predictive errors, whereas allowing the material to rest without preconditioning reduced errors. Modeling more of the strain history reduced errors for specimens briefly rested between tests but had no impact on specimens with long rest periods. The smallest predictive errors were obtained for a loading protocol with a 24 h specimen recovery period followed by material preconditioning. We recommend the use of this protocol for estimating material properties of PAV tissues. © 2000 Biomedical Engineering Society.

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Carew, E.O., Barber, J.E. & Vesely, I. Role of Preconditioning and Recovery Time in Repeated Testing of Aortic Valve Tissues: Validation Through Quasilinear Viscoelastic Theory. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 28, 1093–1100 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1114/1.1310221

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