Abstract: The stability of blood vessels under the lumen blood pressure is essential to the maintenance of normal arterial function. Buckling equations have been established recently for linear and nonlinear ...

Abstract: Tortuous blood vessels are often seen in humans in association with thrombosis, atherosclerosis, hypertension, and aging. Vessel tortuosity can cause high fluid shear stress, likely promoting ...

Abstract: Arteries adapt to their mechanical environment by undergoing remodeling of the structural scaffold via the action of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). Cell culture studies have shown that stretching ...

Abstract: The opening angles of 30 canine autogenous vein grafts were measured to determine the postsurgical change of residual strain in the vein graft. Canine femoral veins were grafted to femoral ...

Abstract: The left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is an important clinical indicator of the cardiac function and long-term outcome for patients with coronary artery disease. A biomechanical model of ...

Abstract: The effect of pulse pressure on arterial wall remodeling has not been clearly defined. The objective of this study was to evaluate matrix remodeling in arteries under nonpulsatile and hyperpulsatile ...