Smooth Muscle Cell Stiffness Syndrome – Revisiting the Structural Basis of Arterial Stiffness

In recent decades, the pervasiveness of increased arterial stiffness in patients with cardiovascular disease has become increasingly apparent. Though this phenomenon has been well documented in humans and animal models of disease for well over a century, there has been surprisingly limited developme...

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Main Authors: Nancy L. Sehgel, Stephen F. Vatner, Gerald A Meininger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2015.00335/full