Microvessel mechanobiology in pulmonary arterial hypertension: cause and effect

Hypertension. 2015 Mar;65(3):483-9. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.114.04652. Epub 2014 Dec 22.

Authors

Nathaniel C Bloodworth¹, James D West¹, W David Merryman²

Affiliations

¹ From the Departments of Biomedical Engineering (N.C.B., W.D.M.) and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (J.D.W.), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
² From the Departments of Biomedical Engineering (N.C.B., W.D.M.) and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (J.D.W.), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. david.merryman@vanderbilt.edu.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Review

MeSH terms

Biomechanical Phenomena / physiology
Disease Progression
Extracellular Matrix / physiology
Heart Ventricles / physiopathology
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / physiopathology*
Lung / blood supply
Lung / physiopathology
Microvessels / physiopathology*
Pulmonary Artery / physiopathology*
Signal Transduction / physiology
Vascular Resistance / physiology*

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