Impact of chronic hypoxia on proximal pulmonary artery wave propagation and mechanical properties in rats

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 314, Issue 6, 2018, Pages H1264-H1278

  Su, Junjing ^a   Logan, Charmilie C ^a   Hughes, Alun D ^b   Parker, Kim H ^c   Dhutia, Niti M ^c   Danielsen, Carl Christian ^a   Simonsen, Ulf ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Extracellular matrix; Hypoxia; Pulmonary hypertension; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERIAL WAVE PROPAGATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EX VIVO STUDY; HEART AFTERLOAD; HYPOXIA; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULSE WAVE; RAT; RAT MODEL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WAVE INTENSITY ANALYSIS; YOUNG MODULUS; ANIMAL; AORTA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; DISEASE MODEL; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME FACTOR; VASCULAR REMODELING; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; AORTA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLLAGEN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTIN; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; HYPOXIA; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR REMODELING; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 85048731639     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00695.2017     Document Type: Article

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