Table 1 Experimental studies investigating uniaxial tensile testing in AAA tissue
From: Micromechanical and Ultrastructural Properties of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Study | Year | Testing method | Orientation | Control | Cases | Biomechanical measure | Control (KPa) | Cases (KPa) | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
He and Roach [33] | 1994 | Uniaxial | Longitudinal | 5 AA | 7 AAA | Stiffness | – | – | – |
Raghavan et al. [34] | 1996 | Uniaxial | Longitudinal | 7 AA | 45 AAA | Failure stress | 2014 ± 394 | 864 ± 102 |  < 0.0005 |
Vorp et al. [40] | 2001 | Uniaxial | Circumferential | 7 ILT < 4 mm | 7 ILT > 4 mm | Failure stress | 2160 ± 340 | 1380 ± 190 |  < 0.05 |
Thubrikar et al. [91] | 2001 | Uniaxial | Longitudinal | – | 5 AAA Lateral | Yield stress | – | 510 ± 140 | – |
Circumferential | – | Lateral | Yield stress | – | 730 ± 220 | – | |||
Longitudinal | – | Anterior | Yield stress | – | 380 ± 180 | – | |||
Circumferential | – | Anterior | Yield stress | – | 520 ± 200 | – | |||
Longitudinal | – | Posterior | Yield stress | – | 470 ± 300 | – | |||
Circumferential | – | Posterior | Yield stress | – | 450 ± 140 | – | |||
Di Martino et al. [38] | 2006 | Uniaxial | Circumferential | 16 AAA | 9 rAAA | Failure stress | 820 ± 90 | 540 ± 60 | 0.04 |
Raghavan et al. [92] | 2006 | Uniaxial | Longitudinal | – | 4 AAA | Failure Stress | – | 1266 | – |
Monteiro et al. [37] | 2014 | Uniaxial | Longitudinal | 25 AAA < 55 mm diameter | 65 AAA > 55 mm diameter | Failure stress | 770 (533–1117) | 1030 (757–1444) | 0.027 |