Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide and include, among
others, critical conditions of the aortic wall. Importantly, such critical conditions require …

Inverse modeling approaches in cardiovascular medicine are a collection of methodologies
that can provide non-invasive patient-specific estimations of tissue properties, mechanical …

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 …

Arterial walls can be regarded as composite materials consisting of collagen fibers
embedded in an elastic matrix and smooth muscle cells. Remodeling of the structural …

Breathing involves fluid-solid interactions in the lung; however, the lack of experimental data
inhibits combining the mechanics of air flow to airway deformation, challenging the …

Among the three layers of the aortic wall, the media is primarily responsible for its
mechanical properties, but the adventitia prevents the aorta from overstretching and …

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 …

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) disease, the local enlargement of the infrarenal aorta, is a
serious condition that causes many deaths, especially in men exceeding 65 years of age …

Introduction Aim of this study is to validate some constitutive models by assessing their
capabilities in describing and predicting uniaxial and biaxial behavior of porcine aortic …

Large aortic aneurysm and acute and chronic aortic dissection are pathologies of the aorta
requiring surgery. Recent advances in medical intervention have improved patient …