Biomechanical response of ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms: Association with structural remodelling

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 231-248

  Sokolis, Dimitrios P ^a   Krithais, Eleftherios P ^a   Giagini, Athina T ^a   Lampropoulos, Konstantinos M ^a   Papadodima, Stavroula A ^b   Iliopoulos, Dimitrios C ^b,c  

^a Foundation of Biomedical Research   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c ATHENS MEDICAL CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Collagen; Dissection; Elastin; Heterogeneity; Strain energy function

Indexed keywords

AORTIC ANEURYSMS; BIOMECHANICAL RESPONSE; COLLAGEN CONTENT; ELASTIN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; HETEROGENEITY; HISTOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS; INPUT DATAS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RUPTURE PROPERTIES; SMOOTH MUSCLES; STRAIN ENERGY FUNCTIONS; SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS;

ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; DISSECTION; GLYCOPROTEINS; STRAIN ENERGY; TISSUE;

BLOOD VESSELS;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; YOUNG MODULUS;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 84860746639     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2010.522186     Document Type: Article

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