Quantitative Analysis of the Relationship between Blood Vessel Wall Constituents and Viscoelastic Properties: Dynamic Biomechanical and Structural In Vitro Studies in Aorta and Carotid Arteries

Table 2

Biomechanical parameters.

	Compliance (10^−3 mm/mmHg)	Viscosity (mmHg⋅s/mm)	Inertia (10^−2 mmHg⋅s^2/mm)
Carotid artery	1.79 ± 0.05	26.84 ± 1.17	20.77 ± 1.86
Ascending aorta	38.20 ± 4.37^a	1.30 ± 0.40^a	1.25 ± 0.57^a
Descending aorta	7.54 ± 0.49^a,b	5.71 ± 0.89^a,b	6.57 ± 1.64^a

 ^a𝑃<0.05 with respect to carotid artery.
^b𝑃<0.05 with respect to ascending aorta.