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Influence of Medial and Adventitial Layer on Arterial Adaptation
Author(s) -
Schmid Holger,
Poshtan Emad A.,
vanHaag Jens,
Grytsan Andrey,
Itskov Mikhail
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
pamm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1617-7061
DOI - 10.1002/pamm.201010037
Subject(s) - adventitia , stiffness , arterial wall , layer (electronics) , phenomenological model , arterial stiffness , materials science , mathematics , cardiology , anatomy , medicine , composite material , statistics , blood pressure
Material properties in general and layer‐specific stiffness in particular are critical factors to predict the initiation and growth of aneurysms. Previous experimental studies show vastly differing material stiffness and metabolic activity in the media and the adventitia. In this paper a phenomenological model using FEM is applied in order to predict the adaptive response of the arterial wall in different mechanical and metabolic cases. (© 2010 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)