The effects of bradykinin and angiotensin II on the thoracic aorta vasa sasorum microcirculation system

Vasa vasorum forms a network of microvessels within and around the walls of large blood vessels and is thought to be necessary to deliver oxygenated blood to the outer parts of the vessel wall that are inadequately nourished by diffusion from luminal blood. Vasa vasorum flow, therefore, may play an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shao, Xiuping
Other Authors: Plante, Gérard E.
Language:English
Published: Université de Sherbrooke 2001
Online Access:http://savoirs.usherbrooke.ca/handle/11143/3236