Developing improved mathematical models of aortic mechanics

Affiliations

¹ J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Tex.
² Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Houston, Houston, Tex.
³ Live Healthy Imaging, Houston, Tex.
⁴ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pa. Electronic address: keshava.rajagopal@jefferson.edu.

Editorial

Kumbakonam R Rajagopal et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2024 Jan.

. 2024 Jan;167(1):94-100.e2.

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.02.004. Epub 2023 Feb 14.

¹ J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Tex.
² Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Houston, Houston, Tex.
³ Live Healthy Imaging, Houston, Tex.
⁴ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pa. Electronic address: keshava.rajagopal@jefferson.edu.

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Keywords: acute aortic syndromes; aortic dissection; arterial mechanics; constitutive relations; inhomogeneity; mass density; rupture risk.

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