Helical flow in tortuous aortas and its relationship to turbulence: A whole-aorta 4D flow MRI study
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023 BackgroundIncreased vascular tortuosity is a hallmark of ageing of the vascular system, including the aorta. However, the impact of tortuosity on aortic blood flow is unknown.
Petter Dyverfeldt +8 more
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Variations in Testicular Artery, Phrenic Artery and Renal Artery: A Case Series [PDF]
International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery, 2022 Anomalous blood vessels are important from the clinical aspects such as hydronephrosis, Varicocele leading to risk of infarction of kidney during renal transplant surgeries. Here, we report a case series of 30 cadavers of male and female aged between 40-
Geethanjali basavaraj savalgi +3 more
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TGFβ (transforming growth factor-β) blockade induces a human-like disease in a nondissecting mouse model of abdominal aortic aneurysm [PDF]
, 2017 Objective-Current experimental models of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) do not accurately reproduce the major features of human AAA. We hypothesized that blockade of TGF beta (transforming growth factor-beta) activity-a guardian of vascular integrity ...
Clément, Marc +12 more
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Microsurgical Technique of Simultaneous Pancreas/Kidney Transplantation in the Rat: Clinical Experience and Review of the Literature [PDF]
, 2009 Background: For experimental basic research, standardized transplantation models reflecting technical and immunologic aspects are necessary. This article describes an experimental model of combined pancreas/kidney transplantation (PKTx) in detail ...
Bald, C. +8 more
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A Fibromatosis Case Mimicking Abdominal Aorta Aneurysm
Case Reports in Cardiology, 2013 Retroperitoneal fibrosis is a rare fibrosing reactive process that may be confused with mesenteric fibromatosis. Abdominal aorta aneurysm is rare too and mostly develops secondary to Behcet’s disease, trauma, and infection or connective tissue diseases ...
Arzu Tasdemir +3 more
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Site-Specific Effects of PECAM-1 on Atherosclerosis in LDL Receptor-Deficient Mice [PDF]
, 2008 Objective—Atherosclerosis is a vascular disease that involves lesion formation at sites of disturbed flow under the influence of genetic and environmental factors.
Arora, Shikha +9 more
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Does Orally-Administered Radiocontrast Impair Ultrasound Image Quality in Pediatric Patients? [PDF]
, 2020 Introduction: It is commonly assumed that orally-administered radiocontrast material (ORC) preceding abdominal ultrasound (US) performance can obscure image quality and potentially impair diagnostic accuracy when assessing patients with abdominal pain ...
Arroyo, Alexander +8 more
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Clinics, 2005 PURPOSE: To investigate the relationship between the vascular diameter and the extent and histologic characteristics of atherosclerosis in the thoracic and abdominal aortas of patients who died of atherosclerotic disease. METHOD: We measured the vascular
Luiz Alberto Benvenuti +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 BackgroundSeveral studies have revealed the relationship between serum magnesium levels and vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease patients.
Mayumi Ito +11 more
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Associations of Perirenal Fat Thickness with Renal and Systemic Calcified Atherosclerosis. [PDF]
, 2020 BackgroundWe investigated associations between perirenal fat thickness and atherosclerotic calcification in six different vascular beds.MethodsUsing a community-based cohort (n=3,919), perirenal fat thickness was estimated from computed tomography scans.
Allison, Matthew A +4 more
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