In vivo and in vitro mechanical properties of the sheep thoracic aorta in the perinatal period and adulthood

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 5 43-5, 1998, Pages

  Wells, Sarah M ^a,b   Langille, B Lowell ^b   Adamson, S Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Elasticity; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; LAMB; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; THICKNESS; THORACIC AORTA; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0031835132     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.274.5.h1749     Document Type: Article

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