Significant differences in the material properties between aged human and porcine aortic tissues

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-34

  Martin, Caitlin ^a   Pham, Thuy ^a   Sun, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal trials; Aortic sinus; Ascending aorta; Mechanical properties; Percutaneous aortic valve

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; ELASTIN;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MATERIAL STATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SWINE; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VASCULAR TISSUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANIMALS; AORTA; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; COLLAGEN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELASTICITY; ELASTIN; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SINUS OF VALSALVA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 79957981514     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.056     Document Type: Article

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