Fiber micro-architecture in the longitudinal-radial and circumferential-radial planes of ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm media

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 2787-2794

  Tsamis, Alkiviadis ^a,d   Phillippi, Julie A ^a,b,d   Koch, Ryan G ^a   Pasta, Salvatore ^e,f   D'Amore, Antonio ^d,e,f   Watkins, Simon C ^d   Wagner, William R ^a,b,d   Gleason, Thomas G ^a,b,d   Vorp, David A ^a,b,c,d  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e RiMED Foundation   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collagen; Dissection; Elastin; Human ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm; Micro architecture; Multi photon microscopy

Indexed keywords

AORTIC ANEURYSMS; AORTIC DISSECTIONS; DELAMINATION STRENGTH; INFLECTION POINTS; MICRO ARCHITECTURES; MULTI-PHOTON MICROSCOPY; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR REMODELING;

BLOOD VESSELS; COLLAGEN; DISSECTION; ELASTIN; GLYCOPROTEINS; PHOTONS;

FIBERS;

COLLAGEN FIBER; ELASTIN;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROARCHITECTURE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

COLLAGEN; DISSECTION; ELASTIN; HUMAN ASCENDING THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSM; MICRO-ARCHITECTURE; MULTI-PHOTON MICROSCOPY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; AORTIC VALVE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOL; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 84887408054     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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