Autogenous artery grafts in hypertensive (SHR) rats do not have increased smooth muscle cell hyperplasia in the graft neointima, compared with grafts in normotensive rats

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 407-412

  Redwood, Alec James ^b   Moore, Stephen ^b   Sayadelmi, Lida ^b   Tennant, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arterial grafting; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOXIA; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTESTINE PRESSURE; INTIMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SURGICAL INJURY;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; TUNICA INTIMA; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032731046     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002187829900535X     Document Type: Article

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