Artery Research
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 32-38 , February 2009

Low wall shear stress predicts subsequent development of wall hypertrophy in lower limb bypass grafts

  • Mark Jackson

      Affiliations

    • NHLI Division, International Centre for Circulatory Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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  • Nigel B. Wood

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 20 7594 1168.
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  • Shunzhi Zhao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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  • Alexander Augst

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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  • John H. Wolfe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, W2 1NY, UK
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  • Wladyslaw M.W. Gedroyc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Sciences, St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, W2 1NY, UK
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  • Alun D. Hughes

      Affiliations

    • NHLI Division, International Centre for Circulatory Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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  • Simon A.McG. Thom

      Affiliations

    • NHLI Division, International Centre for Circulatory Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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  • Xiao Y. Xu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK

Received 9 October 2008 ,Revised 17 December 2008 ,Accepted 6 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.artres.2009.01.001

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