A novel vein graft model: Adaptation to differential flow environments

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 286, Issue 1 55-1, 2004, Pages

  Jiang, Zhihua ^a   Wu, Lizhen ^a   Miller, Brett L ^a   Goldman, Darin R ^a   Fernandez, Chessy M ^a   Abouhamze, Zaher S ^a   Ozaki, C Keith ^a   Berceli, Scott A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Intimal hyperplasia; Rabbit model; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOLOGY; HYPERPLASIA; INTIMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHEAR STRESS; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN GRAFT;

EID: 0347628959     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00760.2003     Document Type: Article

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