The contribution of vascular smooth muscle to aortic stiffness across length scales

Microcirculation

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 201-207

  Saphirstein, Robert J ^a   Morgan, Kathleen G ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic stiffness; Biomechanics; Focal adhesions; Vascular smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CELL LEVEL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; MICROVASCULATURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; MICROVESSELS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84898040076     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: 15498719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/micc.12101     Document Type: Article

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