Developing improved mathematical models of aortic mechanics

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2024 Jan;167(1):94-100.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.02.004. Epub 2023 Feb 14.

Authors

Kumbakonam R Rajagopal¹, Manoj Myneni², Alexandria Trevino¹, Chandler C Benjamin¹, Raja Muthupillai³, Keshava Rajagopal⁴

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.

PMID: 36922342
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.02.004

No abstract available

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

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Aorta / surgery
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic*
Aortic Dissection*
Aortic Rupture*
Humans
Models, Theoretical