Biochemomechanics of intraluminal thrombus in abdominal aortic aneurysms

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Wilson, J S ^a   Virag, L ^b   Di Achille, P ^a   Karsaj I ^b   Humphrey, J D ^a,c  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aorta; biomechanics; growth and remodeling; hemodynamics; inflammation; proteases; stress analysis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; AORTA; BIOCHEMICAL EFFECTS; COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; GROWTH AND REMODELING; HEMODYNAMIC LOAD; INERT MATERIALS; INFLAMMATION; INTRALUMINAL THROMBUS; MECHANO-BIOLOGY; PATIENT SPECIFIC; PROTEASES; REVIEW PAPERS;

BIOMECHANICS; HEMODYNAMICS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; REPARIXIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRALUMINAL THROMBUS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS; THROMBUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; MECHANICS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THROMBOSIS;

ANIMALS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84873693040     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4023437     Document Type: Review

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