Microstructural and mechanical characterization of the layers of human descending thoracic aortas
Marco Amabili, Meisam Asgari, Ivan D. Breslavsky, Giulio Franchini, Francesco Giovanniello, Gerhard A. Holzapfel
Topics & Concepts
ElastinMaterials scienceComposite materialBiomedical engineeringAdventitiaTransverse planeGround substanceMicrostructureThoracic aortaAnatomyAortaConnective tissuePathologyMedicineCardiologyElasticity and Material ModelingConnective tissue disorders researchAortic aneurysm repair treatments