Integrating the theories of Darwin and Bernoulli: Maladaptive baroreceptor network dysfunction may explain the pathogenesis of aortic aneurysms

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 266-272

  Conley, Buford R ^d   Doux, John D ^a   Lee, Patrick Y ^a   Bazar, Kimberly A ^b   Daniel, Stephanie M ^c   Yun, Anthony J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b San Mateo Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Technology of ce Palo Alto   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA ANEURYSM; ATHERECTOMY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BIOSENSOR; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY PERFUSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYMPHOID TISSUE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PANCREAS DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THROMBOSIS; VASOMOTOR DISORDER; VASOMOTOR REFLEX; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

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EID: 19744377868     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.03.006     Document Type: Article

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