Abstract: Abstract. The aorta, the largest artery in the body, exhibits anisotropy and heterogeneity along its length. Over the past several decades, researchers have characterized the positional differences in various geometric and ...

Abstract: Aortic dissections, characterized by the propagation of a tear through the layers of the vessel wall, are critical, life-threatening events. Aortic calcifications are a common comorbidity in both acute and chronic dissections, ...