Failure Properties of Healthy and Diabetic Rabbit Thoracic Aortas and Their Potential Correlation with Mass Fractions of Collagen

ConclusionThe results suggest that there is a lower propensity of radial tear occurrence within the diabetic aortic wall. More importantly, time exposure to diabetic condition is not a factor that may change failure properties of the rabbit descending thoracic aortas in the circumferential and axial directions.
Source: Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology - Category: Cardiology Source Type: research