Mapping the longitudinal wall stiffness heterogeneities within intact canine aortas using Pulse Wave Imaging (PWI) ex vivo

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1866-1874

  Shahmirzadi, Danial ^a   Narayanan, Prathyush ^a   Li, Ronny X ^a   Qaqish, William W ^a   Konofagou, Elisa E ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Canine Aorta In Situ; Pulse Wave Imaging (PWI); Pulse Wave Velocity (PWV); Regional Wall Stiffness

Indexed keywords

CANINE AORTA; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL APPLICATION; GLOBAL MEASUREMENTS; LONGITUDINAL MODULUS; PULSE WAVE; PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; WALL STIFFNESS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS; ESTIMATION; MECHANICAL TESTING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

STIFFNESS;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; AORTA; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BIOMECHANICS; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EX VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; PULSE WAVE IMAGING; ULTRASOUND; YOUNG MODULUS;

CANINE AORTA IN SITU; PULSE WAVE IMAGING (PWI); PULSE WAVE VELOCITY (PWV); REGIONAL WALL STIFFNESS;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOGS; ELASTIC MODULUS; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84880035938     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.04.019     Document Type: Article

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