Published in Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol on June 01, 2004
Biomechanics of the cardiovascular system: the aorta as an illustratory example. J R Soc Interface (2006) 1.08
Computational study of growth and remodelling in the aortic arch. Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin (2008) 0.95
Mechanical evaluation of decellularized porcine thoracic aorta. J Surg Res (2011) 0.94
Right coronary artery becomes stiffer with increase in elastin and collagen in right ventricular hypertrophy. J Appl Physiol (1985) (2009) 0.90
Mechanisms of myocardium-coronary vessel interaction. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2009) 0.86
Diameter-dependent axial prestretch of porcine coronary arteries and veins. J Appl Physiol (1985) (2011) 0.79
A systems approach to tissue remodeling. J Biomech Eng (2009) 0.78
A mechanical argument for the differential performance of coronary artery grafts. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater (2015) 0.77
Novel biaxial tensile test for studying aortic failure phenomena at a microscopic level. Biomed Eng Online (2013) 0.77
Endovascular Electrodes for Electrical Stimulation of Blood Vessels for Vasoconstriction - a Finite Element Simulation Study. Sci Rep (2016) 0.75
Role of Pulse Pressure and Geometry of Primary Entry Tear in Acute Type B Dissection Propagation. Ann Biomed Eng (2016) 0.75
Slackness between vessel and myocardium is necessary for coronary flow reserve. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2012) 0.75
Pulsatile blood flow in the entire coronary arterial tree: theory and experiment. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2006) 2.29
Imaging coronary artery microstructure using second-harmonic and two-photon fluorescence microscopy. Biophys J (2004) 2.14
Scaling of myocardial mass to flow and morphometry of coronary arteries. J Appl Physiol (1985) (2008) 1.70
AMP-activated protein kinase is involved in endothelial NO synthase activation in response to shear stress. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol (2006) 1.68
Compensatory remodeling of coronary microvasculature maintains shear stress in porcine left-ventricular hypertrophy. J Hypertens (2012) 1.51
A nonimaging catheter for measurement of coronary artery lumen area: a first in man pilot study. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2011) 1.49
Elevated oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction in right coronary artery of right ventricular hypertrophy. J Appl Physiol (1985) (2011) 1.43
Three-dimensional mechanical properties of porcine coronary arteries: a validated two-layer model. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2006) 1.34
The flow field along the entire length of mouse aorta and primary branches. Ann Biomed Eng (2008) 1.30
Validation of image-based method for extraction of coronary morphometry. Ann Biomed Eng (2008) 1.27
Flow patterns in three-dimensional porcine epicardial coronary arterial tree. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2007) 1.21
Biaxial incremental homeostatic elastic moduli of coronary artery: two-layer model. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2004) 1.17
Biaxial elastic material properties of porcine coronary media and adventitia. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2005) 1.16
Variation of mechanical properties along the length of the aorta in C57bl/6 mice. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2003) 1.15
Axial nonuniformity of geometric and mechanical properties of mouse aorta is increased during postnatal growth. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2005) 1.13
Role of shear stress and stretch in vascular mechanobiology. J R Soc Interface (2011) 1.07
Intraspecific scaling laws of vascular trees. J R Soc Interface (2011) 1.06
Rosiglitazone reverses endothelial dysfunction but not remodeling of femoral artery in Zucker diabetic fatty rats. Cardiovasc Diabetol (2010) 1.06
A hybrid one-dimensional/Womersley model of pulsatile blood flow in the entire coronary arterial tree. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2007) 1.04
Experimentally validated microstructural 3D constitutive model of coronary arterial media. J Biomech Eng (2011) 1.03
A scaling law of vascular volume. Biophys J (2009) 1.02
Effects of vessel compliance on flow pattern in porcine epicardial right coronary arterial tree. J Biomech (2009) 1.02
The layered structure of coronary adventitia under mechanical load. Biophys J (2011) 1.02
NADPH oxidase has a directional response to shear stress. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2008) 0.99
Why is the subendocardium more vulnerable to ischemia? A new paradigm. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2010) 0.98
Effect of passive myocardium on the compliance of porcine coronary arteries. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2003) 0.98
SWI/SNF complexes containing Brahma or Brahma-related gene 1 play distinct roles in smooth muscle development. Mol Cell Biol (2011) 0.98
Vasoactivity of blood vessels using a novel isovolumic myograph. Ann Biomed Eng (2007) 0.98
Effect of osmolarity on the zero-stress state and mechanical properties of aorta. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2007) 0.97
A rate-insensitive linear viscoelastic model for soft tissues. Biomaterials (2007) 0.97
Surrounding tissues affect the passive mechanics of the vessel wall: theory and experiment. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2007) 0.97
Diameter asymmetry of porcine coronary arterial trees: structural and functional implications. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2007) 0.97
Capillary perfusion and wall shear stress are restored in the coronary circulation of hypertrophic right ventricle. Circ Res (2007) 0.97
Effects of stent sizing on endothelial and vessel wall stress: potential mechanisms for in-stent restenosis. J Appl Physiol (1985) (2009) 0.96
Assessment of endothelial function of large, medium, and small vessels: a unified myograph. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2010) 0.96
Large-scale 3-D geometric reconstruction of the porcine coronary arterial vasculature based on detailed anatomical data. Ann Biomed Eng (2005) 0.96
Growth and remodeling of the left ventricle: A case study of myocardial infarction and surgical ventricular restoration. Mech Res Commun (2012) 0.96
Effects of myocardial constraint on the passive mechanical behaviors of the coronary vessel wall. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2007) 0.96
A Micromechanics Finite-Strain Constitutive Model of Fibrous Tissue. J Mech Phys Solids (2011) 0.95
Extraction of morphometry and branching angles of porcine coronary arterial tree from CT images. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2009) 0.95
Which diameter and angle rule provides optimal flow patterns in a coronary bifurcation? J Biomech (2012) 0.95
The scaling of blood flow resistance: from a single vessel to the entire distal tree. Biophys J (2009) 0.95
Bifurcation asymmetry of the porcine coronary vasculature and its implications on coronary flow heterogeneity. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2004) 0.95
Validation of a novel noninvasive cardiac index of left ventricular contractility in patients. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2007) 0.94
Reconstruction of myocardial tissue motion and strain fields from displacement-encoded MR imaging. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2009) 0.92
In vivo validation of the design rules of the coronary arteries and their application in the assessment of diffuse disease. Phys Med Biol (2002) 0.92
Effects of surgical ventricular restoration on left ventricular contractility assessed by a novel contractility index in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. Am J Cardiol (2008) 0.92
Duration of no-load state affects opening angle of porcine coronary arteries. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2005) 0.91
Role of glycocalyx in flow-induced production of nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species. Free Radic Biol Med (2009) 0.90
Analysis of blood flow in an out-of-plane CABG model. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2006) 0.90
Right coronary artery becomes stiffer with increase in elastin and collagen in right ventricular hypertrophy. J Appl Physiol (1985) (2009) 0.90
Biophysical model of the spatial heterogeneity of myocardial flow. Biophys J (2009) 0.90
Regional volumetric coronary blood flow measurement by digital angiography: in vivo validation. Acad Radiol (2004) 0.90
Mis-sizing of stent promotes intimal hyperplasia: impact of endothelial shear and intramural stress. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2011) 0.90
The validation of a generalized Hooke's law for coronary arteries. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2007) 0.90
Wall thickness of coronary vessels varies transmurally in the LV but not the RV: implications for local stress distribution. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2009) 0.89
Estrogen modulates the mechanical homeostasis of mouse arterial vessels through nitric oxide. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2005) 0.89
Myocardial contractile dysfunction associated with increased 3-month and 1-year mortality in hospitalized patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction. Int J Cardiol (2013) 0.89
Analysis of patient-specific surgical ventricular restoration: importance of an ellipsoidal left ventricular geometry for diastolic and systolic function. J Appl Physiol (1985) (2013) 0.89
Nonuniformity of axial and circumferential remodeling of large coronary veins in response to ligation. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2005) 0.88
The mathematical formulation of a generalized Hooke's law for blood vessels. Biomaterials (2007) 0.88
Biaxial deformation of collagen and elastin fibers in coronary adventitia. J Appl Physiol (1985) (2013) 0.87
Vascular metabolic dissipation in Murray's law. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2006) 0.87
Effect of surrounding tissue on vessel fluid and solid mechanics. J Biomech Eng (2004) 0.86
Mechanisms of myocardium-coronary vessel interaction. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2009) 0.86
A comparative analysis of coronary and aortic flow waveforms. Ann Biomed Eng (2008) 0.86
Biaxial vasoactivity of porcine coronary artery. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2012) 0.86
A two-layered mechanical model of the rat esophagus. Experiment and theory. Biomed Eng Online (2004) 0.86
Regulation of 130-kDa smooth muscle myosin light chain kinase expression by an intronic CArG element. J Biol Chem (2013) 0.86
Constitutive modeling of coronary arterial media--comparison of three model classes. J Biomech Eng (2011) 0.85
Relationship between esophageal muscle thickness and intraluminal pressure in patients with esophageal spasm. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol (2002) 0.85
Shear modulus of porcine coronary artery in reference to a new strain measure. Biomaterials (2007) 0.85
Protein kinase C inhibition ameliorates functional endothelial insulin resistance and vascular smooth muscle cell hypersensitivity to insulin in diabetic hypertensive rats. Cardiovasc Diabetol (2011) 0.84
A validated predictive model of coronary fractional flow reserve. J R Soc Interface (2011) 0.84
Conductance catheter measurements of lumen area of stenotic coronary arteries: theory and experiment. J Appl Physiol (1985) (2011) 0.84
A new observation on the stress distribution in the coronary artery wall. J Biomech Eng (2009) 0.84
Effect of blood pressure on vascular hemodynamics in acute tachycardia. J Appl Physiol (1985) (2010) 0.84
The effect of fixation and histological preparation on coronary artery dimensions. Ann Biomed Eng (2005) 0.84
Impact of stent mis-sizing and mis-positioning on coronary fluid wall shear and intramural stress. J Appl Physiol (1985) (2013) 0.84
A full 3-D reconstruction of the entire porcine coronary vasculature. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2010) 0.84
The effect of longitudinal pre-stretch and radial constraint on the stress distribution in the vessel wall: a new hypothesis. Mech Chem Biosyst (2005) 0.83
Transmural strain distribution in the blood vessel wall. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2005) 0.83
Mild anastomotic stenosis in patient-specific CABG model may enhance graft patency: a new hypothesis. PLoS One (2013) 0.83
Impact of main branch stenting on endothelial shear stress: role of side branch diameter, angle and lesion. J R Soc Interface (2011) 0.83
Indicial response functions of growth and remodeling of common bile duct postobstruction. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol (2004) 0.82
CT-based diagnosis of diffuse coronary artery disease on the basis of scaling power laws. Radiology (2013) 0.82
Viscoelasticity reduces the dynamic stresses and strains in the vessel wall: implications for vessel fatigue. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2007) 0.82
Quantification of fractional flow reserve based on angiographic image data. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging (2011) 0.82
A bilinear stress-strain relationship for arteries. Biomaterials (2006) 0.82
Uniform transmural strain in pre-stressed arteries occurs at physiological pressure. J Theor Biol (2012) 0.82
Microstructural constitutive model of active coronary media. Biomaterials (2013) 0.82
A novel strategy for increasing wall thickness of coronary venules prior to retroperfusion. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2006) 0.81
Structure-function relation in the coronary artery tree: from fluid dynamics to arterial bifurcations. EuroIntervention (2010) 0.81
Stroke propensity is increased under atrial fibrillation hemodynamics: a simulation study. PLoS One (2013) 0.80
Increase in opening angle in hypertension off-loads the intimal stress: a simulation study. J Biomech Eng (2009) 0.80
Effect of compliance and hematocrit on wall shear stress in a model of the entire coronary arterial tree. J Appl Physiol (1985) (2009) 0.80
Two-layer model of coronary artery vasoactivity. J Appl Physiol (1985) (2013) 0.80
Diameter-dependent axial prestretch of porcine coronary arteries and veins. J Appl Physiol (1985) (2011) 0.79
Optimal diameter of diseased bifurcation segment: a practical rule for percutaneous coronary intervention. EuroIntervention (2012) 0.79
Myocardial protection in the failing heart: I. Effect of cardioplegia and the beating state under simulated left ventricular restoration. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2006) 0.79