Biomechanical failure properties and microstructural content of ruptured and unruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2501-2507

  Raghavan, Madhavan L ^a   Hanaoka, Mauro M ^b   Kratzberg, Jarin A ^a   Higuchi, Maria de Lourdes ^b   da Silva, Erasmo Simao ^b  

^a IA United States   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Failure properties; Mechanical testing; Rupture

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; AORTIC ANEURYSMS; ARC LENGTH; FAILURE PROPERTIES; FAILURE STRAIN; FAILURE STRESS; LONGITUDINAL ORIENTATION; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MIXED MODELS; RECTANGULAR STRIPS; RUPTURE; RUPTURED ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; SITE CHARACTERISTICS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TISSUE CROSS SECTIONS; UNIAXIAL EXTENSION; WALL THICKNESS;

BIOMECHANICS; MECHANICAL TESTING; STRESSES; TISSUE;

BLOOD VESSELS;

COLLAGEN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA STRIP; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; RUPTURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 80051558873     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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