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University of Cape Town: Rondebosch, Western Cape, ZA

2019-01-01 to present | Honorary Research associate
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Kevin Sack

Works (18)

In silico Mechanics of Stem Cells Intramyocardially Transplanted with a Biomaterial Injectate for Treatment of Myocardial Infarction

Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology
2024-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s13239-024-00734-1
Contributors: Y. D. Motchon; K. L. Sack; M. S. Sirry; N. J. Nchejane; T. Abdalrahman; J. Nagawa; M. Kruger; E. Pauwels; D. Van Loo; A. De Muynck et al.
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Patient-specificin silicoprediction of outcomes of partial continuous-flow LVAD treatment in peripartum cardiomyopathy

2024-09-19 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.09.18.24313803
Contributors: Juliet Nagawa; Kevin L. Sack; N. John Nchejane; Y. Dodzi Motchon; Mazin S. Sirry; Sarah Kraus; Neil H. Davies; Ntobeko A.B. Ntusi; Thomas Franz
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In silicomechanics of stem cells intramyocardially transplanted with a biomaterial injectate for treatment of myocardial infarction

2023-05-12 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.10.540185
Contributors: YD Motchon; KL Sack; MS Sirry; NJ Nchejane; T Abdalrahman; J Nagawa; M Kruger; E Pauwels; D Van Loo; A De Muynck et al.
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Kinematic boundary conditions substantially impact in silico ventricular function

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.3151
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2-s2.0-85054574183
Contributors: Peirlinck, M.; Sack, K.L.; De Backer, P.; Morais, P.; Segers, P.; Franz, T.; De Beule, M.
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Kevin Sack via Scopus - Elsevier

Multiscale characterization of heart failure

Acta Biomaterialia
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2018.12.053
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2-s2.0-85060346764
Contributors: Sahli Costabal, F.; Choy, J.S.; Sack, K.L.; Guccione, J.M.; Kassab, G.S.; Kuhl, E.
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Kevin Sack via Scopus - Elsevier

Tricuspid valve regurgitation decreases after mitraclip implantation: Fluid structure interaction simulation

Mechanics Research Communications
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechrescom.2019.04.009
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2-s2.0-85064634003
Contributors: Dabiri, Y.; Yao, J.; Sack, K.L.; Kassab, G.S.; Guccione, J.M.
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Kevin Sack via Scopus - Elsevier

Using machine learning to characterize heart failure across the scales

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-019-01190-w
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2-s2.0-85068153761
Contributors: Peirlinck, M.; Sahli Costabal, F.; Sack, K.L.; Choy, J.S.; Kassab, G.S.; Guccione, J.M.; De Beule, M.; Segers, P.; Kuhl, E.
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Kevin Sack via Scopus - Elsevier

Cell focal adhesion clustering leads to decreased and homogenized basal strains.

International journal for numerical methods in biomedical engineering
2019-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.3260
PMID: 31484224
Contributors: Kohn JC; Abdalrahman T; Sack KL; Reinhart-King CA; Franz T
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Prediction of Left Ventricular Mechanics Using Machine Learning.

Frontiers in physics
2019-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fphy.2019.00117
PMID: 31903394
PMC: PMC6941671
Contributors: Dabiri Y; Van der Velden A; Sack KL; Choy JS; Kassab GS; Guccione JM
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Kevin Sack via Europe PubMed Central

Method for Calibration of Left Ventricle Material Properties Using Three-Dimensional Echocardiography Endocardial Strains

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
2019-09-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1115/1.4044215
Part of ISSN: 0148-0731
Part of ISSN: 1528-8951
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Kevin Sack

Construction and validation of subject-specific biventricular finite-element models of healthy and failing swine hearts from high-resolution DT-MRI

Frontiers in Physiology
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00539
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2-s2.0-85047663079
Contributors: Sack, K.L.; Aliotta, E.; Ennis, D.B.; Choy, J.S.; Kassab, G.S.; Guccione, J.M.; Franz, T.
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Kevin Sack via Scopus - Elsevier

Effect of intra-myocardial Algisyl-LVR™ injectates on fibre structure in porcine heart failure

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2018.07.005
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2-s2.0-85050683057
Contributors: Sack, K.L.; Aliotta, E.; Choy, J.S.; Ennis, D.B.; Davies, N.H.; Franz, T.; Kassab, G.S.; Guccione, J.M.
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Kevin Sack via Scopus - Elsevier

Endothelial cells on an aged subendothelial matrix display heterogeneous strain profiles in silico

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-018-1034-7
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2-s2.0-85047395434
Contributors: Kohn, J.C.; Abdalrahman, T.; Sack, K.L.; Reinhart-King, C.A.; Franz, T.
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Kevin Sack via Scopus - Elsevier

Investigating the role of interventricular interdependence in development of right heart dysfunction during LVAD support: A patient-specific methods-based approach

Frontiers in Physiology
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00520
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2-s2.0-85047012143
Contributors: Sack, K.L.; Dabiri, Y.; Franz, T.; Solomon, S.D.; Burkhoff, D.; Guccione, J.M.
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Kevin Sack via Scopus - Elsevier

Relationship of transmural variations in myofiber contractility to left ventricular ejection fraction: Implications for modeling heart failure phenotype with preserved ejection fraction

Frontiers in Physiology
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01003
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2-s2.0-85052236348
Contributors: Dabiri, Y.; Sack, K.L.; Shaul, S.; Sengupta, P.P.; Guccione, J.M.
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Kevin Sack via Scopus - Elsevier

Biological tissue mechanics with fibres modelled as one-dimensional Cosserat continua. Applications to cardiac tissue

International Journal of Solids and Structures
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2015.11.009
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2-s2.0-84957727672
Contributors: Sack, K.L.; Skatulla, S.; Sansour, C.
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Kevin Sack via Scopus - Elsevier

Partial LVAD restores ventricular outputs and normalizes LV but not RV stress distributions in the acutely failing heart in silico

International Journal of Artificial Organs
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5301/ijao.5000520
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2-s2.0-84991790841
Contributors: Sack, K.L.; Baillargeon, B.; Acevedo-Bolton, G.; Genet, M.; Rebelo, N.; Kuhl, E.; Klein, L.; Weiselthaler, G.M.; Burkhoff, D.; Franz, T. et al.
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Kevin Sack via Scopus - Elsevier

Personalised computational cardiology: Patient-specific modelling in cardiac mechanics and biomaterial injection therapies for myocardial infarction

Heart Failure Reviews
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10741-016-9528-9
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2-s2.0-84993894882
Contributors: Sack, K.L.; Davies, N.H.; Guccione, J.M.; Franz, T.
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Kevin Sack via Scopus - Elsevier

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