Gender differences in biomechanical properties of intramural coronary resistance arteries of rats, an in vitro microarteriographic study

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1024-1030

  Matrai, Mate ^a   Mericli, Metin ^a   Nadasy, Gyorgy L ^a   Szekeres, Maria ^a   Varbiro, Szabolcs ^a   Banhidy, Ferenc ^a   Acs, Nandor ^a   Monos, Emil ^a   Szekacs, Bela ^b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Contractility; Coronary arteries; Elasticity; Gender; Resistance arteries

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CARDIOLOGY; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; PATHOLOGY; STRESSES;

CONTRACTILITY; CORONARY ARTERIES; MICROARTERIOGRAPHY; RESISTANCE ARTERIES;

BLOOD VESSELS;

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; BRADYKININ; CALCIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CANNULATION; COMPREHENSION; CORONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; ELASTICITY; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HEART BLOOD VESSEL; HYPERBARISM; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE PRESSURE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MAMMAL; MEASUREMENT; MICROANGIOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEADY STATE; THICKNESS; VASOCONSTRICTION; WALL STRESS; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 33847387180     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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