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BioMedical Engineering OnLine BioMedCentral Research Open Access Characterization of mechanical behavior of a porcine pulmonary artery strip using a randomized uniaxial stretch and stretch-rate protocol Choon-Sik Jhun* and John C Criscione Address: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas AM University, College Station, TX, 77843-3120, USA Email: Choon-Sik Jhun* - csjhun@; John C Criscione - jccriscione@ * Corresponding author Published: 23 January 2008 Received: 24 April 2007 Accepted: 23 January 2008 BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2008, 7:4 doi:10.1186/1475-925X-7-4 This article i