Table 1.

Overview of uniaxial tensile test results on aortas - tests performed until failure: ABA, abdominal aorta; AN, aneurysmatic; ASA, ascending aorta; BAV, bicuspid aortic valve; Circ, circumferential; DTA, descending thoracic aorta; H, healthy; Long, longitudinal; TAV, tricuspid aortic valve;

Study	Species	Location	Healthy/ Diseased	Additional information	Direction	n	Failure stress (kPa)	Failure stretch (−)
Mohan & Melvin [85]	Human	DTA	H	Quasi-static	Circ	18	1720±890	1.23 ± 0.28
					Long	18	1470±910	1.47 ± 0.23
				Dynamic	Circ	16+,17*	5070±3290	1.60 ± 0.28
					Long	18+,21*	3590 ±2040	1.64 ± 0.28
Raghavan et al. [110]	Human	ABA	H	–	Long	7	2014±394	–
			AN	–	Circ	16	1019±160	–
					Long	45	864±102	–
Vorp et al. [155]	Human	ABA	AN	ILT > 4 mm	Circ	7	1380±190	–
				ILT < 4 mm	Circ	7	2160±340	–
Vorp et al. [157]	Human	ASA	H	–	Circ	7	1800±240	–
					Long	7	1710±140	–
			AN	–	Circ	23	1180±120	–
					Long	17	1210±90	–
Di Martino et al. [28]	Human	ABA	AN	Ruptured	Circ	13	540 ± 60	–
				Unruptured	Circ	26	820 ± 90	–
Vande Geest et al. [152]	Human	ABA	AN	For model input	Circ	60	805 ± 60	–
				For validation	Circ	21	832 ± 85	–
García-Herrera et al. [39]	Human	ASA	H	< 35 yrs	Circ	–	2180±240	2.35 ± 0.1
					Long	–	1140±100	2.00 ± 0.1
				> 35 yrs	Circ	–	1200±200	–
					Long	–	660 ± 70	–
			AN	BAV	Circ	–	1230±150	1.80 ± 0.08
					Long	–	840±100	1.58 ± 0.06
				TAV	Circ	–	1190±130	–
					Long	–	880±120	–
Pichamuthu et al. [104]	Human	ASA	AN	BAV	Circ	–	1656±98	1.92 ± 0.04
					Long	–	698 ± 31	1.63 ± 0.02
				TAV	Circ	–	961 ± 61	1.61 ± 0.04
					Long	–	540 ± 37	1.47 ± 0.03
Shah et al. [122]	Porcine	ASA	–	–	Circ	11	2510 ± 439.3	1.99 ± 0.07
					Long	11	750 ± 102.6	1.92 ± 0.16
Ferrara et al. [35]	Human	ASA	AN	Anterior	Circ	37	1440 ±700	1.35 ± 0.16
					Long	34	940 ±490	1.34 ± 0.15
				Posterior	Circ	32	1850±700	1.36 ± 0.12
					Long	19	740±180	1.31 ± 0.09
Sommer et al. [131]	Human	ASA	AN	Media	Circ	7	1282 ±822	1.52 ± 0.20
					Long	10	565 ±198	1.52 ± 0.18

⁺values for stress;

^*values for extension.