Ex vivo biomechanical behavior of abdominal aortic aneurysm: Assessment using a new mathematical model

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 573-582

  Raghavan, M L ^a,b   Webster, Marshall W ^b   Vorp, David A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PA 15213   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Biomechanical properties; Fibrous structure; Mathematical model; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOLOGY; COLLAGEN; DISEASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE TESTING; TISSUE;

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; ELASTIN; EXTENSIONS; FIBROUS STRUCTURE; NONANEURYSMAL AORTA; VASCULAR TISSUE;

BIOMECHANICS;

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBER; ELASTIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RIGIDITY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0030249026     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02684226     Document Type: Article

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