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The role of venous valves in pressure shielding

BACKGROUND: It is widely accepted that venous valves play an important role in reducing the pressure applied to the veins under dynamic load conditions, such as the act of standing up. This understanding is, however, qualitative and not quantitative. The purpose of this paper is to quantify the pres...

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Autores principales: Zervides, Constantinos, Narracott, Andrew J, Lawford, Patricia V, Hose, David R
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2292729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18279514
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-925X-7-8