Dissection properties of the human aortic media: An experimental study

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Sommer, Gerhard ^a   Gasser, T Christian ^b   Regitnig, Peter ^c   Auer, Martin ^a   Holzapfel, Gerhard A ^a,b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Dissection energy; Failure stress; Human abdominal aorta; Media

Indexed keywords

BINDERS; BLOOD VESSELS; SPEED; STRESSES; TENSILE TESTING; TESTING;

AXIAL DIRECTIONS; DIRECT TENSION TEST (DTT); EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FAILURE STRESSES; HISTOLOGICAL IMAGES; PEELING TEST; RADIAL DIRECTIONS; STRENGTH (IGC: D5/D6); TENSION TESTS;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA MEDIA; ARTICLE; DIRECT TENSION TEST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PEELING TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEADY STATE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSION; ANIMAL; AORTA RUPTURE; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 47149092577     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2898733     Document Type: Article

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