Vulnerable and stable atherosclerotic plaques are heterogeneous living materials with
peculiar mechanical behaviors depending on geometry, composition, loading and boundary …

Globally, cardiovascular diseases are seen as one of the largest economic burdens on
society and the single largest cause of death, with atherosclerosis the leading cause of …

The vasculature consists of a complex network of vessels ranging from large arteries to
arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins. This network is vital for the supply of oxygen and …

The structural protein elastin endows large arteries with unique biological functionality and
mechanical integrity, hence its disorganization, fragmentation, or degradation can have …

It is now well known that altered hemodynamics can alter the genes that are expressed by
diverse vascular cells, which in turn plays a critical role in the ability of a blood vessel to …

A non-local gradient-based damage formulation within a geometrically non-linear setting is
presented. The hyperelastic constitutive response at local material point level is governed by …

A fully three-dimensional anisotropic elastic model for vascular tissue modelling is
presented here. The underlying strain energy density function is assumed to additively …

In this paper we hypothesize that the layer-separated residual stresses and mechanical
properties of layer-separated thoracic aorta arteries may be dependent on arterial location of …

The goal of this work is to study the influence of the main geometrical parameters on the
radial force of a self-expanding stent, and using them to advance towards a new design of a …

The existence of residual stresses in human arteries has long been shown experimentally.
Researchers have also demonstrated that residual stresses have a significant effect on the …