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Sofia Altieri Correa1, Amirreza Kachabi1,2, Mitchel J Colebank3,2

  • 1Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92617; Edwards Lifesciences Foundation Cardiovascular Innovation and Research Center, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92617.

概括

人类和动物的肺动脉分支与穆雷定律有所不同,血管直径以动力定律指数接近2.3.3. 这表明不同的优化原则控制肺动脉 (PA) 结构,影响血管疾病模型.

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