Effect of elastin degradation on carotid wall mechanics as assessed by a constituent-based biomechanical model

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Fonck, E ^a,c   Prod'hom, G ^a   Roy, S ^a   Augsburger, L ^a   Rufenacht D A ^b   Stergiopulos, N ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c Laboratory of Hemodynamics and Cardiovascular Technology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Constitutive relations; Elasticity and stiffness; Elastin; Strain energy function; Structural properties

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; COLLAGEN; COMPLIANCE; ELASTICITY; ELASTIN; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; RABBITS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 34447525239     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01108.2006     Document Type: Article

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