Control of blood vessel structure: Insights from theoretical models

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 288, Issue 3 57-3, 2005, Pages

  Pries, A R ^a,b   Secomb, T W ^c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Microcirculation; Microvascular networks; Shear stress; Vessel grafts; Wall stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MICROCIRCULATION; PARAMETER; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CAPILLARIES; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 13944268316     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00752.2004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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