Aortic side branch biomechanics in aortic dissection and rupture - an experimental and computational study in mice Ghent University
Over the past few years, we have studied the initiation and growth of aortic aneurysms. Excised aneurysms of a popular aneurysm mouse model were imaged with a novel, high-resolution technique (Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland), demonstrating that the disease is the immediate consequence of a tear in the aortic wall near one of the side branches of the aorta (the celiac artery) which leads to internal bleeding within the aorta wall, a ...