Measurement of mechanical properties of human saphenous vein using an inflation experiment

Author(s):  
Farzad Forouzandeh ◽  
Mahdie Haji Bozorgi ◽  
Behrooz Meshkat ◽  
Nasser Fatouraee
2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Borhan Alhosseini Hamedani ◽  
Mahdi Navidbakhsh ◽  
Hossein Ahmadi Tafti

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (05) ◽  
pp. 1550050 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aisa Rassoli ◽  
Nasser Fatouraee ◽  
Mohammad Shafigh

Cardiovascular diseases are one of the major causes of death in the world and are closely related to blood dynamics and wall mechanical properties of vessels. This makes the study of mechanical properties of arteries and veins essential. In this regard, study on common vessels used in bypass grafting operations is of special importance due to the frequency of this surgery. Human saphenous vein is one of the vessels used for bypass surgeries. The objective of the present study is to characterize the behavior of human saphenous vein using uniaxial and biaxial planar tests. Forty human saphenous samples were obtained after coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG). The planar tensile tests were performed on the tissue specimens by applying loads along two directions. These tests provided the force-displacement curves. The stress-strain curves from uniaxial tests were modeled with a mathematical function and the Young modulus was obtained in both longitudinal and circumferential directions. Measured data of uniaxial tests were then fitted into a hyperelastic four-parameter Fung-type model and also an isotropic Mooney–Rivlin model. The biaxial stress-stretch curves were fitted to a hyperelastic anisotropic four-parameter Fung-type model and a five-parameter Mooney–Rivlin model. The specimens showed some degrees of anisotropy. In both uniaxial and biaxial tests, specimens showed stiffer behaviour in longitudinal as opposed to circumferential directions. The stretch ratio in the circumferential direction was much higher than in the longitudinal orientation.


Biomaterials ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (8) ◽  
pp. 1542-1550 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerhardt Konig ◽  
Todd N. McAllister ◽  
Nathalie Dusserre ◽  
Sergio A. Garrido ◽  
Corey Iyican ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Girão-Silva ◽  
M. H. Fonseca-Alaniz ◽  
J. C. Ribeiro-Silva ◽  
J. Lee ◽  
N. P. Patil ◽  
...  

AbstractThe rate of the remodeling of the arterialized saphenous vein conduit limits the outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG), which may be influenced by endothelial dysfunction. We tested the hypothesis that high stretch (HS) induces human saphenous vein endothelial cell (hSVEC) dysfunction and examined candidate underlying mechanisms. Our results showed that in vitro HS reduces NO bioavailability, increases inflammatory adhesion molecule expression (E-selectin and VCAM1) and THP-1 cell adhesion. HS decreases F-actin in hSVECs, but not in human arterial endothelial cells, and is accompanied by G-actin and cofilin’s nuclear shuttling and increased reactive oxidative species (ROS). Pre-treatment with the broad-acting antioxidant N-acetylcysteine (NAC) supported this observation and diminished stretch-induced actin remodeling and inflammatory adhesive molecule expression. Altogether, we provide evidence that increased oxidative stress and actin cytoskeleton remodeling play a role in HS-induced saphenous vein endothelial cell dysfunction, which may contribute to predisposing saphenous vein graft to failure.


Endothelium ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 341-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Krishna Prasad ◽  
K. Jayakumar ◽  
Lissy K. Krishnan

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