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Hemodynamic forces relevant to AAA pathogenesis; hydrostatic pressure, the perpendicular force acting on the vascular wall (A), wall shear stress, the tangential force exerted by moving blood along the axis of flow (B), and tensile hoop stress, the stress in the aortic wall acting circumferentially and produced by the resulting pressure (C).
