Aorta: From Structure to Rupture
3rd July 2018
An inter-disciplinary meeting bringing together clinicians, engineers and life scientists to explore state-of-the-art in aortic pathology research.
- Date: Tuesday 17th July 2018
- Venue: School of Engineering, University of Liverpool
- Hosted by: Dr Riaz Akhtar (r.akhtar@liverpool.ac.uk)
Key topics include:
- Biochemistry and biomechanics of ascending/thoracic aneurysms
- Surgical challenges for thoracic aneurysms
- Behcet's disease
- Novel techniques for vascular research – CT, AFM, Fast Digital Laser Sheet Microscopy and nanoindentation
- Structure and development of the aorta
- Mechanical Circulatory Support
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