Effect of aneurysm on the mechanical dissection properties of the human ascending thoracic aorta

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 460-467

  Pasta, Salvatore ^a,b,c   Phillippi, Julie A ^b,d   Gleason, Thomas G ^b,d   Vorp, David A ^b,c,d  

^a Fondazione RiMED   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; AGED; ANISOTROPY; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA VALVE; AORTA WALL; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84855851651     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.07.058     Document Type: Article

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