Linked opening angle and histological and mechanical aspects of the proximal pulmonary arteries of healthy and pulmonary hypertensive rats and calves

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Tian, Lian ^a   Lammers, Steven R ^b   Kao, Philip H ^a   Reusser, Mark ^c   Stenmark, Kurt R ^b   Hunter, Kendall S ^c   Qi, H Jerry ^a   Shandas, Robin ^a,c  

^a University of Colorado   (United States)

^b Nutrition Obesity Research Center at the University of Colorado   (United States)

^c University of Colorado at Denver   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial remodeling; Collagen; Hypoxia; Opening angle; Stiffness ratio

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CALF (BOVINE); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; HISTOLOGY; HYPOXIA; MECHANICS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANOXIA; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATTLE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELASTIC MODULUS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULMONARY ARTERY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 80355130010     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00025.2011     Document Type: Article

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