Biomechanical properties and chemical composition of the aorta in genetic hypertensive rats

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 481-487

  Mizutani, Kenichi ^a,b   Ikeda, Katsumi ^a   Kawai, Yasuhiro ^b   Yamori, Yukio ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sunstar Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aorta; Collagen; Cross links; Mechanical properties; Spontaneously hypertensive rats; Stroke prone spontaneously hypertensive rats

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; PEPSIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; STROKE; TENSILE STRENGTH; THORACIC AORTA;

EID: 0033025952     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199917040-00005     Document Type: Article

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