Vascular Mechanics and Pathology

Opening new doors for interdisciplinary research, Vascular Mechanics
and Pathology establishes a correlation between vascular mechanics
and pathology that could lead to the reduction of vascular diseases,
as well as the development of new treatments.

Vascular Mechanics and Pathology focuses on the artery and arterial
diseases. As the fundamental functions of the artery are to serve as
a conduit of blood flow and as a container of blood pressure,
Vascular Mechanics and Pathology describes both the general
principles and the occurrence of stress concentration at the pressure
vessel junctions and examines the role of beta-blockers in the
reduction of atherosclerosis and related complications. This cutting-
edge work presents the use of veins as arterial grafts and discusses
the role of vein valves in graft stenosis. Vascular Mechanics and
Pathology illustrates aneurysm formation, growth, and rupture, using
pressure vessel principles. This new work details the investigation
of, amongst other topics, aortic dissection, showing for the first
time that the aortic root mechanics plays a vital role in the
development of this pathology.