Gender differences in biomechanical properties, thrombus age, mass fraction and clinical factors of abdominal aortic aneurysms

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 364-372

  Tong, J ^a   Schriefl, A J ^a   Cohnert, T ^b   Holzapfel, G A ^a,c  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Biomechanical properties; Gender difference; Mass fraction; Thrombus age

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; CREATININE; ELASTIN; NICOTINE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRALUMINAL THROMBI; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS; MASS FRACTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORACOABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; THROMBUS; THROMBUS AGE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; BIOMECHANICS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLLAGEN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84875218742     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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