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... cardiovascular system medical disorders stress effects opening angle strain intima adventitia remodeling The stress distribution in the vessel wall has important bearing on vascular function in health and disease. We have recently shown that a larger opening angle ( O A ) can...

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... biomechanics fracture stress effects abdominal aortic aneurysm constitutive modeling anisotropy finite element analysis An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is an abnormal widening of the aorta, which is related to weakness of the vessel wall (associated with degradation of connective tissue...

... connective tissues. elasticity biomechanics fatigue biological tissues stress effects tensile strength fracture mechanics Toughness is defined as the resistance of a material to rapid crack propagation 2 . Toughness can be numerically described for a material by utilizing one of two criteria...

... 2004 23 11 2004 biomechanics diseases cardiovascular system angiocardiography biomedical MRI tumours blood vessels tensile strength fracture mechanics stress effects elasticity Atherosclerosis is a vascular disease associated with the accumulation of lipids leading...