Modelling Medial Degenerative Features by Enzymatic Digestion to Evaluate Disease-Relevant Structure-Function Relationships in the Thoracic Aorta
Daniella Eliathamby, Lucas Ung, Hayley W Y Yap…·Jennifer Chia-Ying Chung
This study uses enzymatic digestion to model ECM degeneration in aortic tissue and identifies biomechanical impacts of elastin, collagen, and proteoglycan degradation.