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Principles of Vascular Remodeling

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In association with neurogenic and hormonal regulating factors as well as geometrical and microanatomical structural features, characteristic resistances to arterial flow prevail for each organ or location. Shifts in the distribution of flow to various organs and organ systems associated with long- and short-term variations in relative metabolic function and differences in growth rate are associated with alterations in flow. Structural modifications associated with injury or tissue loss in relation to organ-specific disease processes are also modifiers of flow and of the redistribution of flow. The head of pressure developed by contraction of the cardiac ventricles permits blood flow to continue against the associated resistances to flow.

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  1. Herz-Zentrum Coswig, Klinik für Kardiologie und Angiologie, Lerchenfeld 1, 06869, Coswig (Anhalt), Germany

    Peter Lanzer MD

  2. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, One Clinic Center, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, 44195, OH, USA

    Eric J. Topol MD

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Glagov, S., Ko, C., Bassiouny, H.S., Zarins, C.K. (2002). Principles of Vascular Remodeling. In: Lanzer, P., Topol, E.J. (eds) Pan Vascular Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56225-9_14

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