Influence of medial collagen organization and axial in situ stretch on saccular cerebral aneurysm growth

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Eriksson, Thomas ^a,b   Kroon, Martin ^b   Holzapfel, Gerhard A ^a,b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Artery; Cerebral; Collagen; Membrane; Saccular

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM GROWTH; ARTERIAL WALL MECHANICS; ARTERY; AXIAL STRETCH; CAUCHY STRESS; CEREBRAL; CEREBRAL ANEURYSMS; CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIRECTION; COLLAGEN FIBER; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; ELASTIC MATERIALS; FIBER ANGLES; IN-SITU; LOAD-BEARING; MATERIAL GROWTH; MATERIAL MODELS; MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL STRESS; MAXIMUM SHEAR STRESS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PEAK VALUES; SACCULAR; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; STRAIN ENERGY FUNCTIONS; TWO-LAYER CYLINDER;

FIBERS;

COLLAGEN;

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBER; FIBRILLAR COLLAGEN;

ADVENTITIA; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; DEGRADATION; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; SHEAR STRESS; STEADY STATE; THICKNESS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; TUNICA MEDIA; WEIGHT BEARING;

COMPLIANCE; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TUNICA MEDIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 73949136952     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3200911     Document Type: Article

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