Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 43, Issue 3 , Pages 570-576 , March 2006

Biomechanical properties of ruptured versus electively repaired abdominal aortic aneurysm wall tissue

  • Elena S. Di Martino, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
    • McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Ajay Bohra, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
    • ,
  • Jonathan P. Vande Geest, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
    • ,
  • Navyash Gupta, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
    • ,
  • Michel S. Makaroun, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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  • David A. Vorp, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
    • McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: David A. Vorp, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery and Bioengineering, Vascular Bioengineering Research Laboratory, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Suite 200, 100 Technology Dr, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Received 3 July 2005 ,Accepted 30 October 2005.

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 This research was funded in part by National Institutes of Health grant RO1HL060670 (D.A.V.).Competition of interest: none.Preliminary data presented at the Biomedical Engineering Society Fall meeting, Philadelphia, PA, October 13-16, 2004.

PII: S0741-5214(05)01921-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2005.10.072

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 43, Issue 3 , Pages 570-576 , March 2006

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