Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 174-183 , January 2010

The fate of an endothelium layer after preconditioning

Presented at the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery Meeting 2009, Tucson, Ariz, Jan 14-17, 2009.

  • Saami K. Yazdani, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winson-Salem, NC
    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winson-Salem, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Saami K. Yazdani, PhD, CVPath Institute, 19 Firstfield Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20878
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  • Bryan W. Tillman, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winson-Salem, NC
    • Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winson-Salem, NC
  • ,
  • Joel L. Berry, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winson-Salem, NC
  • ,
  • Shay Soker, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winson-Salem, NC
  • ,
  • Randolph L. Geary, MD

      Affiliations

    • Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winson-Salem, NC
    • Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winson-Salem, NC

Received 2 February 2009 ,Accepted 15 August 2009.

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 Competition of interest: none.

 The editors and reviewers of this article have no relevant financial relationships to disclose per the JVS policy that requires reviewers to decline review of any manuscript for which they may have a competition of interest.

PII: S0741-5214(09)01794-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.08.074

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 174-183 , January 2010