Vascular tissue biomechanics : Constitutive modeling of the arterial wall

• The artery is a dynamic organ that is able to maintain conditions for optimal mechanical operation. Arterial properties are critical to the entire cardiovascular system, and the study of their biomechanics may, among others, help understand the role of tissue stress and strain in cardiovascular diseases. The present article reviews artery wall histology and morphology in relation to its key mechanical properties. Specifically, the role of cellular and extracellular components in artery biomechanics is discussed. Then, this information is related to reported constitutive descriptions with the focus on histomechanical and passive artery wall models. Concluding remarks relate to open problems in artery biomechanics like uncertainty and variability of input information. 

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Medicinteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Medical Engineering (hsv//eng)

Keyword

AAA

Aneurysm

Anisotropy

Aorta

Biomechanics

Collagen

Constitutive modeling

Elastin

Energy function

Fibrous tissue

Histology

Incompressibility

Morphology

Orientation density function

Soft biological tissue

Strain

Stress

Vascular tissue characterization

Vessel wall

Vessel wall structure

Vessel wall tissue

Publication and Content Type

vet (subject category)

kap (subject category)