Experimental determination of circumferential properties of fresh carotid artery plaques

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1709-1715

  Lawlor, Michael G ^a   O'Donnell, Michael R ^a   O'Connell, Barry M ^a   Walsh, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Carotid atherosclerotic plaque; Hyperelasticity; Mechanical properties; Plaque mechanics

Indexed keywords

AORTIC ARCH; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID BIFURCATION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMIES; CAUCHY STRESS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; FUTURE DESIGNS; GOLD STANDARDS; GREEN STRAIN; HUMAN ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUES; HYPERELASTICITY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERVENTIONAL; MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS; MATERIAL COEFFICIENTS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MEDICAL DEVICES; PLAQUE MECHANICS; STENTING; STRAIN ENERGY FUNCTIONS; SURGICAL REPAIR; SURGICAL THERAPY; TISSUE SAMPLES; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HEMODYNAMICS; STRAIN; SURGERY; TENSILE TESTING; TISSUE;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOMECHANICS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE SECTION;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTA, THORACIC; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PRESSURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 79956089597     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.03.033     Document Type: Article

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