Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide and include, among
others, critical conditions of the aortic wall. Importantly, such critical conditions require …

The adoption of multiscale approaches by the biomechanical community has caused a
major improvement in quality in the mechanical characterization of soft tissues. The recent …

The mechanical properties of arterial tissue play a central role in healthy human physiology
and have therefore been extensively studied and modeled in recent decades. These …

The extracellular matrix (ECM) plays an active and dynamic role that both reflects and
facilitates the functional requirements of a tissue. The mature ECM of the nonpregnant cervix …

Among the three layers of the aortic wall, the media is primarily responsible for its
mechanical properties, but the adventitia prevents the aorta from overstretching and …

The uterine cervix undergoes a complex remodelling process during pregnancy,
characterized by dramatic changes in both extracellular matrix (ECM) structure and …

Collagen plays a key role in the strength of aortic walls, so studying micro-structural changes
during disease development is critical to better understand collagen reorganization. Second …

Understanding the correlation between tissue architecture, health status, and mechanical
properties is essential for improving material models and develo** tissue engineering …

This study analyzes the lethal clinical condition of aortic dissections from a numerical point
of view. On the basis of previous contributions by Gültekin et al.(Comput Methods Appl Mech …

A bstract The cervix undergoes rapid and dramatic shifts in collagen and elastic fiber
structure to achieve its disparate physiological roles of competence during pregnancy and …