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Decreased elastic energy storage, not increased material stiffness, characterizes central artery dysfunction in fibulin-5 deficiency independent of sex.
Journal of biomechanical engineering - 1 Mar 2015
Ferruzzi J, Bersi M R, Uman S, Yanagisawa H, Humphrey J D
Abstract excerpt
Central artery stiffness has emerged over the past 15 years as a clinically significant indicator of cardiovascular function and initiator of disease. Loss of elastic fiber integrity is one of the primary contributors to increased arterial stiffening in aging, hypertension, and related conditions...
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