Periodic Reporting for period 4 - FibreRemodel (Frontier research in arterial fibre remodelling for vascular disease diagnosis and tissue engineering)

Each year cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis and aneurysms cause 48% of all deaths in Europe. Arteries may be regarded as fibre-reinforced materials, with the stiffer collagen fibres present in the arterial wall bearing most of the load during pressurisation...