Stress-free state in human carotid arteries cannot be revealed without layer separation
Anna Hrubanová, Ondřej Lisický, Ondřej Sochor, Zdeněk Bednařík, Marek Joukal, Jiří Burša
This study shows that residual stresses in human carotid artery layers are not fully released by a radial cut and require layer separation to reveal the stress-free state.
PLoS ONE · Apr 7, 2025Peer-reviewedBioengineering