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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Sep 7;96(6):2147–2154. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.07.001

Figure 1.

Figure 1

A. Representative image of tubular ATAA tissue harvested. Suture indicates proximal end and a tentative aorta axis is drawn in white dotted line. B. Tubular tissue is cut open and rectangular pieces of circumferentially (CIRC) and longitudinally (LONG) oriented specimens were harvested for tensile testing.