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Summary of the conventional mechanical tests used in the characterization of blood vessels and their substitutes in terms of nature of the applied load (compression vs. tensile, uniaxial vs. pressure-based, constant vs. incremental vs. cyclic), complexity of the method and the mechanical information obtained by them. The green rectangles correspond to the mechanical aspects that are physiologically pertinent for vascular substitutes.
