| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7208750 | Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials | 2014 | 16 Pages |
Abstract
A precise experimental device together with a thorough testing protocol, a careful selection of arteries and a statistical analysis is presented for a definitive evaluation of the artery wall compressibility. We provide experimental evidence that in saphenous and femoral porcine arteries under physiological pressure range a relative compressibility of 2-6% is observed. The pre-assumption of incompressibility in many phenomenological constitutive models of artery walls should probably be re-evaluated.
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Authors
Zohar Yosibash, Itay Manor, Ilan Gilad, Udi Willentz,