Biomechanical factors in the biology of aortic wall and aortic valve diseases

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 232-241

  Bäck, Magnus ^a,b   Gasser, T Christian ^c   Michel, Jean Baptiste ^d,e   Caligiuri, Giuseppina ^d,f  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^f BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Aortic stenosis; Inflammation; Thoracic aortic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; AORTA WALL; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; WALL STRESS;

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC STENOSIS; INFLAMMATION; THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSM;

ANIMALS; AORTA; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTIC VALVE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84879971673     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: 17553245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvt040     Document Type: Review

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