The biaxial mechanical behaviour of abdominal aortic aneurysm intraluminal thrombus: Classification of morphology and the determination of layer and region specific properties

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1430-1437

  O'Leary, Siobhan A ^a   Kavanagh, Eamon G ^b   Grace, Pierce A ^b   McGloughlin, Tim M ^a,c   Doyle, Barry J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AAA; Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Anisotropy; Biaxial mechanical properties; ILT; ILT morphology; Intraluminal thrombus; Layer properties; Regional properties

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; MORPHOLOGY; REPAIR; STIFFNESS;

AAA; ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; BIAXIAL MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ILT; INTRALUMINAL THROMBUS; LAYER PROPERTIES; REGIONAL PROPERTIES;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRALUMINAL THROMBUS; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBUS;

AAA; ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; ANISOTROPY; BIAXIAL MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ILT; ILT MORPHOLOGY; INTRALUMINAL THROMBUS; LAYER PROPERTIES; REGIONAL PROPERTIES;

AGED; ANISOTROPY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; THROMBOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84896443246     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.01.041     Document Type: Article

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