Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 37, Issue 5 , Pages 1118-1128 , May 2003

Computational modeling of arterial biomechanics: Insights into pathogenesis and treatment of vascular disease

Received 30 April 2002 ,Accepted 15 August 2002.

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☆ Competition of interest: none.

☆☆ Supported by ongoing financial assistance from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario (Grant T-4770 and a New Investigator Award [D.A.S.]); by The Whitaker Foundation, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, The Pittsburgh Foundation, and National Institutes of Health Grant RO1 HL60670-01A2 (D.A.V.); and by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (C.R.E.).

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doi: 10.1067/mva.2003.122

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 37, Issue 5 , Pages 1118-1128 , May 2003

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