Changes in the mechanical properties and residual strain of elastic tissue in the developing fetal aorta

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 345-356

  Wells, Sarah M ^a   Walter, E Jane ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aorta; Development; Elastin; Mechanical properties; Remodeling; Residual strain

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT; ELASTIC FIBER; ELASTIC TISSUES; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; RESIDUAL STRAINS; VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIORS; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES; WALL THICKNESS;

BLOOD VESSELS; GLYCOPROTEINS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STRAIN; STRESSES; TISSUE;

BIOMECHANICS;

AORTA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

AORTA; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 77249125811     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-009-9825-8     Document Type: Article

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