Biomechanics of soft tissue in cardiovascular systems. Lecture notes for an advanced school on ``Biomechanics of soft tissue'', Udine, Italy, September 10--14, 2001 (Q1417217)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. Indexed articles: \textit{Humphrey, J. D.; McCulloch, A. D.}, The cardiovascular system -- anatomy, physiology and cell biology, 1-14 [Zbl 1039.92012] \textit{Hayashi, Kozaburo}, Mechanical properties of soft tissues and arterial walls, 15-64 [Zbl 1039.92005] \textit{Ogden, R. W.}, Nonlinear elasticity, anisotropy, material stability and residual stresses in soft tissue, 65-108 [Zbl 1151.74386] \textit{Holzapfel, Gerhard A.}, Structural and numerical models for the (visco)elastic response of arterial walls with residual stresses, 109-184 [Zbl 1151.74383] \textit{Humphrey, J. D.}, Intracranial saccular aneurysms, 185-220 [Zbl 1151.74384] \textit{Rachev, Alexander}, Remodeling of arteries in response to changes in their mechanical environment, 221-271 [Zbl 1151.74388] \textit{Usyk, Taras P.; McCulloch, Andrew D.}, Computational methods for soft tissue biomechanics, 273-342 [Zbl 1052.74056]