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Data for Micromechanical homogenisation of a hydrogel-filled electrospun scaffold for tissue-engineered epicardial patching of the infarcted heart

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posted on 2020-11-09, 07:05 authored by Tamer Abdalrahman, Nicolas Mandel, Kevin L. Sack, Nicola M. Pugno, Deon Bezuidenhout, Georges Limbert, Francesco Moscato, Thomas FranzThomas Franz, Neil Hamer Davies
<div>Finite element models of electrospun fibrous scaffold and human cardiac left ventricle with infarct</div><div><br></div><div>1) Scaffold<br><br>ScaffHydr-Hyperel-1.cae: Abaqus CAE model file for fibrous scaffold with hydrogel filling<br><br><br>2) Cardiac models<br></div><div><br></div><div>Abaqus ODB output files with the following naming convention.<br><br>VA3: Healthy heart<br><br>VA3_MI2: Heart with MI without patch<br><br>VA3_MI2_patched2_E0.5: Heart with MI and treated with patch. Elastic modulus of patch E = 0.1435 MPa<br><br>VA3_MI2_patched2_E1.0: Heart with MI and treated with patch. Elastic modulus of patch E = 0.287 MPa<br><br>VA3_MI2_patched2_E2.0: Heart with MI and treated with patch. Elastic modulus of patch E = 0.574 MPa<br> </div><p></p>

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National Research Foundation of South Africa, UID 92531, T Franz

National Research Foundation of South Africa, UID 93542, T Franz

South African Medical Research Council, SIR 328148, T Franz

European Commission Graphene Flagship Core 2 No 78521, NM Pugno

MIUR 232/2016, NM Pugno

ARS01-01384-PROSCAN, NM Pugno

Biofunctionalised Electroconducting Microfibres for the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury

European Commission

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Biomedical Engineering Research Centre Division of Biomedical Engineering Department of Human Biology Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town