Determination of the elastic modulus of ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm at different ranges of pressure using uniaxial tensile testing

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 682-686

  Khanafer, Khalil ^a   Duprey, Ambroise ^a,b   Zainal, Mohammad ^c   Schlicht, Marty ^a   Williams, David ^d   Berguer, Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ECOLE DES MINES DE SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^c Information Systems College of Business Administration   (Kuwait)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA WALL; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 80051781298     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.09.068     Document Type: Article

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