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Hemodynamic shear stress and the endothelium in cardiovascular pathophysiology.
Nature clinical practice. Cardiovascular medicine - 1 Jan 2009
Davies Peter F
Abstract excerpt
Endothelium lining the cardiovascular system is highly sensitive to hemodynamic shear stresses that act at the vessel luminal surface in the direction of blood flow. Physiological variations of shear stress regulate acute changes in vascular diameter and when sustained induce slow, adaptive, stru...
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