The law of Laplace. Its limitations as a relation for diastolic pressure, volume, or wall stress of the left ventricle.

Fiber Orientation in the Canine Left Ventricle during Diastole and Systole

1969 • 1,415 citations

Large elastic deformations of isotropic materials VII. Experiments on the deformation of rubber

1951 • 1,324 citations

Finite Elements of Nonlinear Continua

1971 • 986 citations

The Strain-Energy Function of a Hyperelastic Material in Terms of the Extension Ratios

1967 • 415 citations

Assessment of Passive Elastic Stiffness for Isolated Heart Muscle and the Intact Heart

1973 • 405 citations

Elementary Statistics With Applications in Medicine and the Biological Sciences.

1959 • 360 citations

Assessment of passive elastic stiffness of cardiac muscle: Mathematical concepts, physiologic and clinical considerations, directions of future research

1976 • 269 citations

Engineering Mechanics for Successive States in Canine Left Ventricular Myocardium

1973 • 221 citations

Engineering Mechanics for Successive States in Canine Left Ventricular Myocardium

1973 • 218 citations

Left Ventricular Wall Stress Calculated from One-Plane Cineangiography

1970 • 212 citations

Viscoelastic properties of the diastolic left ventricle in the conscious dog.

1977 • 195 citations

An engineering analysis of myocardial fiber orientation in pig's left ventricle in systole

1966 • 181 citations

Elasticity parameters for finite deformations of rubber-like materials

1966 • 171 citations

Dlastolic Pressure-Volume Relationship in the Canine Left Ventricle

1971 • 155 citations

A few applications of a physical theorem to membranes in the human body in a state of tension

1892 • 155 citations

Stress Distribution in the Canine Left Ventricle during Diastole and Systole

1970 • 152 citations

Myocardial Force-Velocity Relationships in Clinical Heart Disease

1970 • 127 citations

Quantitative evaluation of left ventricular function by radiographic techniques.

1976 • 117 citations

Finite elastic deformation of incompressible isotropic bodies

1950 • 104 citations

V _max as an Index of Contractile State in Man

1971 • 97 citations

Derived Indexes of Ventricular and Myocardial Function

1977 • 97 citations

Finite-Element Model for the Mechanical Behavior of the Left Ventricle

1972 • 88 citations

Comparison of Directly Measured Left Ventricular Wall Stress and Stress Calculated from Geometric Reference Figures

1971 • 78 citations

In vivo stresses in the human left ventricular wall: Analysis accounting for the irregular 3-dimensional geometry and comparison with idealised geometry analyses

1972 • 70 citations

Passive Elasticity of the Human Left Ventricle

1974 • 59 citations

Deformation of the Diastolic Left Ventricle

1973 • 55 citations

Relation of sarcomere length and muscle length in resting myocardium

1970 • 52 citations

Structural conditions in the hypertrophied and failing heart

1973 • 47 citations

Ventricular pressure-volume curve indices change with end-diastolic pressure.

1976 • 38 citations

In Vivo Determination of Elastic Modulus of Canine Cardiac Muscle

1972 • 4 citations