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Age-related changes of the mechanical properties of the carotid artery in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
Journal of hypertension - 1 Dec 1997
Zanchi A, Brunner H R, Hayoz D
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BACKGROUND: We had previously demonstrated that the distensibility of the carotid artery in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) aged 18 weeks does not differ from that of the carotid artery in normotensive animals for common pressure levels, despite vascular hypertrophy in SHR. OBJECTIVE: To examine the time-course effects of hypertension on the geometry and the mechanical properties of the carotid artery in...
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