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The Effect of Longitudinal Pre-Stretch and Radial Constraint on the Stress Distribution in the Vessel Wall: A New Hypothesis

Wei Zhang^1,2, Carly Herrera¹, Satya N. Atluri¹, Ghassan S. Kassab^2,3

1 Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and
2 Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
3 Corresponding author. Ph: (949) 824-9490; Fax: (949) 824-9932; E-mail: gkassab@uci.edu.