Influence of differing material properties in media and adventitia on arterial adaptation - application to aneurysm formation and rupture

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-53

  Schmid, H ^a   Grytsan, A ^a   Poshtan, E ^a   Watton, P N ^b   Itskov, M ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adventitia; arterial adaptation; growth; layer specific; media

Indexed keywords

ADVENTITIA; ANEURYSM FORMATION; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTERIAL ADAPTATION; ARTERIAL WALL; COLLAGEN FIBRES; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; ELASTIC RESPONSE; FIBRE ORIENTATION; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; LAYER-SPECIFIC; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MEDIA; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; STRESS RESPONSE; SUBSTANTIAL VARIATIONS; TIME COURSE; ULTIMATE STRENGTH;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROWTH (MATERIALS);

METABOLISM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADAPTATION; ADVENTITIA; ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTERY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TUNICA MEDIA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADVENTITIA; ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ARTERIES; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 84872580188     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2011.603309     Document Type: Article

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