Biomechanical regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell functions: from in vitro to in vivo understanding
J Qiu, Y Zheng, J Hu, D Liao… - Journal of The …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) have critical functions in vascular diseases.
Haemodynamic factors are important regulators of VSMC functions in vascular …
Haemodynamic factors are important regulators of VSMC functions in vascular …
Measurement of the uniaxial mechanical properties of healthy and atherosclerotic human coronary arteries
Atherosclerosis is a common arterial disease which alters the stiffness of arterial wall.
Arterial stiffness is related to many cardiovascular diseases. In this investigation, maximum …
Arterial stiffness is related to many cardiovascular diseases. In this investigation, maximum …
Biaxial rupture properties of ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms
Although hundreds of samples obtained from ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms (ATAA)
of patients undergoing elective surgical repair have already been characterized …
of patients undergoing elective surgical repair have already been characterized …
Review of machine learning techniques in soft tissue biomechanics and biomaterials
S Donmazov, EN Saruhan, K Pekkan… - Cardiovascular …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background and Objective Advanced material models and material characterization
of soft biological tissues play an essential role in pre-surgical planning for vascular surgeries …
of soft biological tissues play an essential role in pre-surgical planning for vascular surgeries …
A finite element investigation on plaque vulnerability in realistic healthy and atherosclerotic human coronary arteries
Atherosclerosis is the most common arterial disease. It has been shown that stresses that
are induced during blood circulation can cause plaque rupture and, in turn, lead to …
are induced during blood circulation can cause plaque rupture and, in turn, lead to …
Layer-specific residual deformations and uniaxial and biaxial mechanical properties of thoracic porcine aorta
In this paper we hypothesize that the layer-separated residual stresses and mechanical
properties of layer-separated thoracic aorta arteries may be dependent on arterial location of …
properties of layer-separated thoracic aorta arteries may be dependent on arterial location of …
Influence of geometrical parameters on radial force during self-expanding stent deployment. Application for a variable radial stiffness stent
The goal of this work is to study the influence of the main geometrical parameters on the
radial force of a self-expanding stent, and using them to advance towards a new design of a …
radial force of a self-expanding stent, and using them to advance towards a new design of a …
A novel anisotropic failure criterion with dispersed fiber orientations for aortic tissues
Accurate failure criteria play a fundamental role in biomechanical analyses of aortic wall
rupture and dissection. Experimental investigations have demonstrated a significant …
rupture and dissection. Experimental investigations have demonstrated a significant …
Microstructural quantification of collagen fiber orientations and its integration in constitutive modeling of the porcine carotid artery
Background Mechanical characteristics of vascular tissue may play a role in different arterial
pathologies, which, amongst others, requires robust constitutive descriptions to capture the …
pathologies, which, amongst others, requires robust constitutive descriptions to capture the …
Over length quantification of the multiaxial mechanical properties of the ascending, descending and abdominal aorta using Digital Image Correlation
In this paper, we hypothesize that the biaxial mechanical properties of the aorta may be
dependent on arterial location. To demonstrate any possible position-related difference, our …
dependent on arterial location. To demonstrate any possible position-related difference, our …