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Reviews on the mechanical properties of arteries (e.g. Fung, 1972, 1973; Dobrin, 1978; Yin, 1980) show that studies on human blood vessels are scarce, with dubious methods, conflicting results and controversial interpretations. Further, little information is available on old aortas. Moreover, the effect of sclerosis is still in debate. To remedy this we studied “normal” and arteriosclerotic human aortic segments, in-vitro, over a wide age range. Methods were sufficiently accurate to apply parameter estimation techniques to individual aortas rather than to averages.
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Langewouters, G.J., Wesseling, K.H., Goedhard, W.J.A. (1985). Age-Related Changes in Viscoelasticity of Normal and Arteriosclerotic Human Aortas. In: Perren, S.M., Schneider, E. (eds) Biomechanics: Current Interdisciplinary Research. Developments in Biomechanics, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7432-9_32
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