A simple physiologic pulsatile perfusion system for the study of intact vascular tissue

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 441-449

  Conklin, Brian S ^a,b   Surowiec, Scott M ^b   Lin, Peter H ^b   Chen, Changyi ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial cells; Pulsatile flow; Smooth muscle cells; Vascular culture

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEMOPERFUSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; TISSUE CULTURE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DOGS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW; SWINE;

EID: 0033746166     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(00)00052-7     Document Type: Article

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