
Hiebing A.A., Pieper R. G., Witzenburg C.M.: A Computational Model of Ventricular Dimensions and Hemodynamics in Growing Infants. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, (2023).
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Pearce D.P., Nemcek M.T., Witzenburg C.M.: Don’t go breakin’ my heart: cardioprotective alterations to the mechanical and structural properties of reperfused myocardium during post‑infarction infammation. Biophysical Reviews, (2023).
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Pearce D., Nemcek M., Witzenburg C.: Combining Unique Planar Biaxial Testing with Full-Field Thickness and Displacement Measurement for Spatial Characterization of Soft Tissues. Current Protocols, (2022).
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Caggiano L.R., Holmes J.W., Witzenburg C.M.: Individual variability in animal-specific hemodynamic compensation following myocardial infarction. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, (2021).
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Shih E., Provenzano P., Witzenburg C.M., Barocas, V.H., Grande A., Alford, P.W.: Characterizing Tissue Remodeling and Mechanical Heterogeneity in Cerebral Aneurysms. Journal of Vascular Research, (2021).
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Kim A.S., Witzenburg C.M., Conaway M.R., Vergales J.E., Holmes J.W., L’Ecuyer T.J., Dean P.N.: Trajectory of right ventricular indices is an early predictor of outcomes in hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Congenital Heart Disease. 14:6, 1185-1192, (2019).
Witzenburg, C.M., Holmes, J.W.: Predicting the time course of ventricular dilation and thickening using a rapid compartmental model. Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research. 11:2, 109-122, (2018).
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Witzenburg, C.M., Holmes, J.W.: Biomechanics of Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction. In: Ogden, R.W. and Holzapfel, G.A. (ed.) Biomechanics: Trends in Modeling and Simulation. Springer, New York, 20, 233-269, (2017).
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• Series: Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials
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Witzenburg, C.M., Dhume, R.H., Shah, S.B., Korenczuk, C.E., Wagner, H.P., Alford, P.W., Barocas, V.H.: Failure of the Porcine Ascending Aorta: Multidirectional Experiments and a Unifying Microstructural Model. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 139, 31005–3 (2017).
Shah, S. B., Witzenburg, C.M., Hadi, M. F., Wagner, H. P., Goodrich, J. M., Alford, P. W., & Barocas, V. H. Prefailure and Failure Mechanics of the Porcine Ascending Thoracic Aorta: Experiments and a Multiscale Model. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 136:2, 021028, (2014).

Raghupathy, R., Witzenburg, C.M., Lake, S. P., Sander, E. A., & Barocas, V. H. Identification of regional mechanical anisotropy in soft tissue analogs. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 133:9, 091011, (2011).
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