Comparison of Biomechanical and Microstructural Properties of Aortic Graft Materials in Aortic Repair Surgeries
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample Collection and Preparation
2.2. Uniaxial Tensile Testing
2.3. Constitutive Modeling
2.4. Quantitative Histological Analysis
2.5. Structural Characterization
2.6. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Comparison of Mechanical Failure Properties among Five Material Groups
3.2. Comparison of Material Stiffness among Five Material Groups
3.3. Comparison of Histological Properties among Four Tissue Groups
3.4. Tissue Ultrastructure from SEM
4. Discussion
4.1. Clinical Implication from Mechanical Comparison among Five Materials
4.2. Relationship between Mechanical and Microstructural/Ultrastructural Properties
4.3. Mechanical–Microstructural Property Relationship for Aortic Graft Design
4.4. Study Limitations
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Sun, H.; Cheng, Z.; Guo, X.; Gu, H.; Tang, D.; Wang, L. Comparison of Biomechanical and Microstructural Properties of Aortic Graft Materials in Aortic Repair Surgeries. J. Funct. Biomater. 2024, 15, 248. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfb15090248
Sun H, Cheng Z, Guo X, Gu H, Tang D, Wang L. Comparison of Biomechanical and Microstructural Properties of Aortic Graft Materials in Aortic Repair Surgeries. Journal of Functional Biomaterials. 2024; 15(9):248. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfb15090248
Chicago/Turabian StyleSun, Haoliang, Zirui Cheng, Xiaoya Guo, Hongcheng Gu, Dalin Tang, and Liang Wang. 2024. "Comparison of Biomechanical and Microstructural Properties of Aortic Graft Materials in Aortic Repair Surgeries" Journal of Functional Biomaterials 15, no. 9: 248. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfb15090248