Comparative structural and hemodynamic analysis of vascular trees

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 298, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Yang, J ^a   Yu, L X ^a   Rennie, M Y ^a,b   Sled, J G ^a,b   Henkelman, R M ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hemodynamics; Lung; Microcomputed tomography; Placenta; Vessel morphology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOMETRY; HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETUS; HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 77949709936     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00363.2009     Document Type: Article

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