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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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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 |