Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 38, Issue 9 , Pages 1760-1769 , September 2005

Shear stress and pressure modulate saphenous vein remodeling ex vivo

  • Rebecca J. Gusic

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, The Institute for Medicine and Engineering, 1142 Vagelos Research Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, 3340 Smith Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • ,
  • Richard Myung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • ,
  • Matus Petko

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • ,
  • J. William Gaynor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • ,
  • Keith J. Gooch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, The Institute for Medicine and Engineering, 1142 Vagelos Research Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, 3340 Smith Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +12155732786; fax: +12155736815.

,Accepted 14 October 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2004.10.030

Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 38, Issue 9 , Pages 1760-1769 , September 2005

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