A microstructurally motivated model of arterial wall mechanics with mechanobiological implications

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 488-502

  Bellini, C ^a   Ferruzzi, J ^a   Roccabianca, S ^a   Di Martino, E S ^b   Humphrey, J D ^a,c  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitutive relation; Constrained mixture; Elastin and collagen; Homeostasis; Residual stress

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DISEASE CONTROL; MIXTURES; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

ARTERIAL WALL MECHANICS; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; CYLINDRICAL GEOMETRY; DEPOSITION STRETCHES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; GROWTH AND REMODELING; HOMEOSTASIS; MECHANICAL ENVIRONMENT;

MUSCLE;

ADVENTITIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; GEOMETRY; HISTOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROSCOPE; MOUSE; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ADVENTITIA; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FIBROBLASTS; MICE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 84898853354     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-013-0928-x     Document Type: Article

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