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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 16.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Adv Eng Sci Appl Math. 2013 Dec 1;4(4):228–240. doi: 10.1007/s12572-012-0052-4

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Passive axial force-stretch behavior during cyclic extension tests at three fixed pressures. The vertical line represents the cross-over point, which indicates the in-vivo value of axial stretch λziv (Humphrey et al., 2009). (a) Representative data from the untreated control group, vessel #4. (b) Representative data from the Ang-II infusion without AAA group, vessel #1. (c) Representative data from the Ang-II infusion with AAA group, vessel #1. Despite the trend toward axial stiffening and decrease in the in-vivo axial stretch, there was no significant difference between the two Ang-II groups and the untreated control group (cf. Table 1).