Mechanical behaviour and rupture of normal and pathological human ascending aortic wall

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 559-566

  Garcia Herrera C M ^a   Atienza, J M ^b   Rojo, F J ^b   Claes, E ^b   Guinea, G V ^b   Celentano, D J ^c   Garcia Montero C ^d   Burgos, R L ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Bicuspid aortic valve; Mechanical properties; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

AGE-MATCHED CONTROLS; ANEURYSM; AORTIC TISSUE; AORTIC VALVES; AORTIC WALLS; CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIRECTION; FACTORS OF SAFETIES; IN-VITRO; INTERVENTIONAL; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MECHANICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; OPERATION RANGE; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION; PHYSIOLOGICAL LEVELS; PRESSURE WAVES; RESPONSE CURVES; RUPTURE CONDITIONS; WALL STRESS;

BLOOD VESSELS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC VALVE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862289999     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-012-0876-x     Document Type: Article

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