A Computational Model of Biochemomechanical Effects of Intraluminal Thrombus on the Enlargement of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2852-2867

  Virag, Lana ^a   Wilson, John S ^b   Humphrey, Jay D ^b,c   Karšaj, Igor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b Yale University   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen remodeling; Elastin degradation; Growth and remodeling; Proteolytic activity; Wall stress

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; STIFFNESS;

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; COMPUTATIONAL RESEARCHES; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; GROWTH AND REMODELING; LOAD-BEARING MATERIALS; PROTEOLYTIC ACTIVITIES; WALL STRESS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

COLLAGENASE; ELASTASE; FIBRILLAR COLLAGEN; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; FIBRIN; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PLASMIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMECHANICS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTRALUMINAL THROMBUS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL VARIABLE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBUS; ABDOMINAL AORTA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THROMBOSIS;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COLLAGENASES; FIBRIN; FIBRINOLYSIN; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84945464793     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-015-1354-z     Document Type: Article

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