Viscoelasticity reduces the dynamic stresses and strains in the vessel wall: Implications for vessel fatigue

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 293, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Liu, Yi ^a   Kassab, Ghassan S ^a,b  

^a Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artery; Cyclic loading; Fatigue life; Viscoelastic

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FATIGUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; ELASTICITY; MAMMARY ARTERY; MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RADIAL ARTERY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; VISCOELASTICITY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELASTICITY; HOMEOSTASIS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW; RABBITS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THORACIC ARTERIES; TIME FACTORS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 35349022519     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00423.2007     Document Type: Article

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