Mechanical properties of normotensive and hypertensive female rat carotid arteries /

In response to chronic hypertension, the heart and vasculature exhibit morphologic changes that reflect alterations in net gains and losses of their cellular components, i.e. they grow and remodel. Vascular remodeling is manifested mechanically as an altered response to applied loads. This remodel...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Smith, Katherine Elizabeth, 1978-
Format:	Thesis eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 2002.
Subjects:	Major biomedical engineering.
Online Access:	Link to OAKTrust copy