Importance of initial aortic properties on the evolving regional anisotropy, stiffness and wall thickness of human abdominal aortic aneurysms

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 9, Issue 74, 2012, Pages 2047-2058

  Wilson, J S ^a   Baek, S ^b   Humphrey, J D ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Growth and remodelling; Material properties; Rupture; Stress analysis

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIOLOGY; BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MEDICAL IMAGING; STIFFNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; CLINICAL DECISION PROCESS; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; FINITE ELEMENT; INITIAL STATE; MATERIAL ANISOTROPY; MATERIAL PARAMETER; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; REGIONAL VARIATION; RUPTURE; VASCULAR BIOLOGY; WALL STRESS; WALL THICKNESS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANISOTROPY; AORTA; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HEMOSTASIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 84866159635     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0097     Document Type: Article

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