Vascular endothelial cells (ECs) are exposed to hemodynamic forces, which modulate EC
functions and vascular biology/pathobiology in health and disease. The flow patterns and …

The Clinical Practice Council of the Society for Vascular Surgery charged a writing
committee with the task of updating practice guidelines, initally published in 2003, for …

Background Decision-making related to the care of patients with an abdominal aortic
aneurysm (AAA) is complex. Aneurysms present with varying risks of rupture, and patient …

Special Article produces not only circumferential but also normal tensions. The direction of
the shear stress vector is determined by the direction of the blood flow velocity vector very …

Atherosclerosis is the main cause of morbidity and mortality in the Western world.
Inflammation and blood flow alterations are new markers emerging as possible …

Objectives: We previously showed that peak abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) wall stress
calculated for aneurysms in vivo is higher at rupture than at elective repair. The purpose of …

Biomechanical factors play fundamental roles in the natural history of abdominal aortic
aneurysms (AAAs) and their responses to treatment. Advances during the past two decades …

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a condition whereby the terminal aorta permanently
dilates to dangerous proportions, risking rupture. The biomechanics of AAA has been …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to calculate abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) wall
stresses in vivo for ruptured, symptomatic, and electively repaired AAAs with three …

Soft biological tissues such as aortic walls can be viewed as fibrous composites assembled
by a ground matrix and embedded families of collagen fibres. Changes in the structural …