Regional variations in canine descending aortic tissue mechanical properties change with formalin fixation

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 390-397

  Rouleau, Leonie ^a,b,c   Tremblay, Dominique ^a,b   Cartier, Raymond ^b   Mongrain, Rosaire ^a,b   Leask, Richard L ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Biaxial testing; Canine; Collagen; Descending aorta; Elastin; Fixation; Formalin; Mechanical properties; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; DOG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; THICKNESS; THORACIC AORTA; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; BIOMECHANICS; DOGS; ELASTICITY; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; TISSUE FIXATION; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84866020405     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: 18791336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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